C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.]
1901

Organ date updated with new information from Ted Johnson (Aug 2024) to 1901, aligning the installation with the new building when the church moved:

According to AI (Gemini), the organ at the Church of the Atonement, 47th & Kingsessing Ave., Philadelphia, PA, was built in 1901 by C. S. Haskell of the Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co. That confirms my recollection of the nameplate on the organ. Unfortunately, I did not photograph either the nameplate or the stop handles. It's so easy to do that today with one's phone, but back in the 1960s I would have had to have my 35 mm camera and flash with me. It was a 3 manual tracker organ with 32 stops (Swell, Great, Choir, and Pedal). Although the pedal division had only 4 stops, it included a very robust wood 16' open diapason and it could be coupled to all the manuals.

The original Church of the Atonement was founded in 1847 and located at 17th and Summer Streets. After the parish disbanded in 1896, a new Church of the Atonement was constructed in 1900; its parish house next door was built in 1892. Originally called St. Paul’s, it was renamed to honor the memory of the old Atonement’s rector, Dr. Benjamin Watson, who died in 1899. The new building was located at at 47th Street & Kingsessing Avenue has been served with a 30-day “repair or demolish” notice by the Department of Licenses and Inspections [2013]. Known as St. Peter’s Church of Christ since 1979, the building has several violations dating to 2008, including loose bricks and a dilapidated roof.