From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: In 1889, the congregation moved into the former Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church, a red brick Gothic building located on the corner of McDonough Street and Tompkins Avenue that had been erected in 1873 as the Tompkins Avenue Presbyterian Church. St. Matthew's congregation remained in this building for over five decades, but by the 1940s the demographics of the area changed and many members moved to other areas or out of the city. In 1943, the church was closed and the remaining members merged into St. Luke Episcopal Church, located at 520 Clinton Avenue near Fulton Street. Since 1944, the McDonough Street building has been home to the Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church.

In 1922, St. Matthew's Church commissioned the firm of M.P. Möller to build a new organ. The Memorandum of Agreement and Factory Specifications (both June 15, 1922) show that Möller would reuse many pipes from the previous organ but would use all new chests. Möller retained the existing cases and display pipes, and provided a new detached, three-manual stop-key console. This organ cost a total of $7,500, and was to be completed and ready for use on or before September 15, 1923.

Identified through information in List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928).