Josiah Richards

Active: Unknown - Present Type: BuilderBuilder ID: 5271

View InstrumentsView Extant Instruments
Distinction:

West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1825.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

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

Born 1783 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts; farmer; organbuilder by 1825; held local government posts; died 1868 in West Bridgewater,

Massachusetts. [listed incorrectly in OW 411 as Joseph, see OW 93]

Wayne F. Nye on July 23rd, 2020:

Josiah Richards also built the first organ in the Union Congregational Church of East & West Bridgewater on Pleasant Street East Bridgewater, Mass. in 1828.

Something missing or not quite correct?Add NoteorAdd WebpageorAdd ImageorAdd DocumentorSuggest an Edit

Database Specs:

  • 7 Instruments
  • 0 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

Pipe Organ Database

A project of the Organ Historical Society
Website by John RoperEditor Login