Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2022-05-30 - Tuba Organ added as Op. 1112 in 1925; when the Detroit Symphony Orchestra left the hall in 1942, the organ was moved to Calvary Presbyterian Church minus the Tuba Organ and 32' Open Diapason (which were sold to a Toledo organ man, stored and then discarded in the 1960's); in 1992 the organ was moved to the Music House instrument museum in Traverse City, Michigan, with the console on display and the rest of the organ stored. It remains in storage with hopes to move it back to Detroit. -Jeff Scofield
2022-05-30 - From detroiturbex.com: Calvary Presbyterian church on Grand River was dedicated on November 17th, 1918. Construction of the church had cost $70,000 and taken two years. From the years 1900 to 1940 the church continued to grow rapidly, from 665 members in 1912 to 1700 members in 1939. An addition to the church was started in 1932 and finished in 1939, adding classroom space for over 1,000 Sunday school students. However, as it had happened before in the 1900's, the neighborhood around the church began to change in the 1950's and 60's. Parishioners followed the white flight to the suburbs, and attendance at the church began a steady, irreversible decline. By the late 80's the congregation had dwindled to the point where it was becoming difficult to manage the upkeep and expenses of a large building. Calvary eventually moved to another, smaller building at 7 Mile and Greenview in 1991. The Monteith Memorial Church had been experiencing similar financial problems, and when the church leader retired, the congregation elected to fold, selling the vacant building to Calvary Presbyterian. It's at this point that the history of the Grand River building becomes fuzzy. After Calvary Presbyterian vacated and moved, the structure was sold to another church and renamed the Abundant Life Christian Center (the name of which is still painted on the outside wall). Abundant Life eventually moved to a new location down the street, and the church was renamed to Greater Faith for Deliverance Church. Greater Faith operated for an unknown amount of time in the location until a fire in the attic of the church broke out on March 21st, 2009, causing heavy smoke and water damage to the sanctuary. The fire was later found to have been started by a generator located on the roof. While the congregation waited for insurance money to come through to fix the building, scrappers began to loot the structure, stealing pipes, radiators, and even the stained glass windows. -Jeff Scofield
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