June 2024 - Sanctuary interior showing organ facade (Archival source/Jim Stettner)
2020's - Church exterior (Church Archives/Jim Tartella)
2020's - Organ at front of church (Church Archives/Jim Tartella)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - [This opus number on the Hook list for 1st Presbyterian, Scranton, PA (2-27).] -Database Manager
2012-05-16 - Updated through online information from Mike Sowa. -- I attended a local organ tour with the AGO chapter to which I belong. -Database Manager
2012-08-27 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Replaced by 2-manual 1950 Schantz organ (Opus 73) in 2000. The Schantz organ was originally installed in the Providence Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was later moved to Chestnut Street Methodist Church in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. It was installed at its present location by Patrick J. Murphy & Associates, after which the Hook & Hastings organ was put in storage. -Database Manager
2023-12-18 - The organ was built for First Presbyterian Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania and dedicated Jan 10, 1872 according to *"The First Presbyterian Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1848—1923," compiled by the clerk of Session, 1923, page 19.* The church moved to a new building in January, 1903, per the same book noted above, page 92: *The last service held in the old church was on Sunday, December 28, 1902, when the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was administered by the pastor, Rev. Dr. James McLeod, assisted by Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Odell, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church. Possession of the church property was delivered to the purchaser on January 1, 1903. The organ was reserved from the sale, and sold to the First Presbyterian Church of Pittston, the successor of the old Lackawanna Presbyterian Church organized in 1842...* -Jeff Fowler
2024-12-28 - According to news articles, the church closed in September of 2021 when it merged with another local Presbyterian church. The city (Pittston) later purchased the building and the plan was to develop it into housing and a theater. -Jim Tartella
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