Database Manager on September 30th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Timothy E. Conyers. -- "Lives Touched By Faith, Second Presbyterian Church 150 Years," A history of the congregation published in 1987 by George W. Geith, indicates the Kilgen organ was not kept intact after the move into the current building. It seems that a portion of the Kilgen organ was placed in the chapel and the remainder in the sanctuary. "To the north and west of the main sanctuary, a wing of the new building incorporated a smaller Gothic chapel of about 240 seats...To the front, organ pipes from the old church framed the main roundel depicting Christ sharing the Lord's Prayer with his disciples." (p.144). Then on page 156, in describing the replacement of the Kilgen organ in the sanctuary, "A new organ was installed in the rear of the church to replace the Kilgen organ brought from the Vermont Street church, which had proved inadequate to the size of the new building and whose placement had been a matter of controversy." The book includes a photograph of the chapel Kilgen pipe facade on page 188. The same photo appears on page 21 of a booklet describing the church architecture entitled, "Architecture and Symbolism of Second Presbyterian Church." (No publication date). In this latter work the photo caption reads, "Framed by the pipes of the old Kilgen organ brought from the downtown church, the[chapel rose]window depicts Christ teaching...the Lord's Prayer." The chapel organ was replaced in 1974 by a Casavant organ. However the old pipe facade, which was located above the altar and surround the chapel rose window, remained in place until sometime after the 1980's. I have a wedding photo taken in 1985 of this old pipe facade.

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Database Manager on July 21st, 2007:
Identified through information in the <i>2007 Organ Atlas</i>: Relocation and rebuilding of 1937 Kilgen from the earlier building at Vermont and Pennsylvania; installed here in chancel chambers; replaced by Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1490 (1968) and relocated to St. Andrew Presbyterian.