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E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 616 (1872)

First Presbyterian Church / Westminster Presbyterian Church
550 Madison Avenue
Scranton, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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Keydesk


Notes

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


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