Pipe Organ Database

For further information, see main entry: Roosevelt Organ Works [Hilborne Roosevelt Organs]

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). —

Brother of Cornelius and Hilborne Roosevelt; attend St. John's School of Ossining, New York; graduate of Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut, 1883; with Roosevelt Organ Company of New York City, New York, 1883, office work; succeeded Hilborne as head of firm, 1886; captain in New York State National Guard; closed organ firm, 1893; continued LeClanche Battery Co. and other business activities; died February 2, 1895 in New York City, New York.

Patents held:

• Patent #449,177; March 31, 1891; organ.
• Patent #449,590; March 31, 1891; organ. (jointly with W. N. Elbert)

Sources:

• David H. Fox.
• Letters.
• [Information taken from the text of the United States patents listed above.]