Chatham Baptist Church [orig. William Street Baptist]: Auditorium
124 William Street South
Chatham, ON, CA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Date not given - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: JoinMyChurch, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2015-07-21 - Organ facade and console in foreground (Photograph by Simon Crouch, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Organ in front gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Realty listing, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Empty auditorium interior showing organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Realty listing, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Organ case/facade in front (Photograph by Simon Crouch, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1924 - Sanctuary interior from rear gallery showing organ in a front gallery; submitted by James R. Stettner (Photograph from the church's 100th Anniversary Celebration history; submitted by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1880's - Church exterior (Photograph from the church's 100th Anniversary Celebration history/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Auditorium
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 2 manuals
Notes
2023-06-06 - Franklin Legge organ was used for the first time in William Street Baptist Church on Sunday, October 2, 1924, with Mrs. Franklin Legge, wife of C. Franklin Legge, as the soloist. On the following Tuesday evening, Mr. Legge gave a recital on the organ. The organ cost $5,200 to install. (pg. 28)
In 1915-1917, Central Baptist Church (in the former Primitive Methodist Church at the corner of Centre Street and Wellington Street) amalgamated with William Street Baptist Church to form Chatham Baptist Church in the William Street building. (pg. 92)
[R. Murray Merritt]. *Chatham Baptist Church, Chatham, Ontario, Centennial 1850-1950*. [Chatham, ON]: the church, 1950. -Ian Mason
2023-06-06 - Chatham Baptist Church (the name adopted by William Street Baptist Church, after an amalgamation with Central Baptist Church in 1915-1917) closed on Dec. 31, 2013.
The building was sold and converted in 2014-2015 into a wedding and special events venue known as *The Kent 1874* in reference to the year in which the church was constructed.
The name of the event venue is now just *The Kent*.
https://thekentchatham.com/
-Ian Mason
2023-06-06 - Unknown if the Legge instrument incorporated any of the church's previous organ. -Jim Stettner
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