Simmons & Fisher
1855

Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church

Northeast corner of Jefferson Avenue and Rivard
Detroit, MI, US

Instrument ID: 51250 ● Builder ID: 5763 ● Location ID: 44895
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Database Manager on February 27th, 2018:

Updated by William M. Worden, who gave this as the source of the information: As a long-time historian of Detroit architecture, I know the history of Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian's buildings.


Database Manager on May 16th, 2013:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by John Speller, based on information learned in an
E-mail from George Nelson and the OUSCDB, 5/15/2013.
-- Dedicated 14 December 1855 in original building, replaced 1892 by Roosevelt Op. 501 in new building. A photograph of this instrument in ca. 1886 is found in "Golden jubilee Volumes of the Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church of Detroit, Michigan." Published by Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church Committee on Press and Printing, June 1904, p. 55.

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