James Hall, (Co.)
1844

Updated by Steven Bartley

Correction to the entry. The sentence "In 1956-57 the building was sold to a Baptist congregation..." The dates were 1856-57 not 1956-57.

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.

Identified by Steve Bartley, citing information from this publication: Sun Paper 1/30/1844 pg1; Journal of the Episcopal Dicese of Maryland 1844 pg86.
St. Stephen's (aka St. Stephen the Martyr, not to be confused with church of same name built on North Ave in the early 20th century) Both the Sun paper article and the Rector's report, at the 1844 convention, say only that the organ was "sweet toned" and in the gallery. The organ was installed when the church opened, in 1844, and curiously contained a baptismal pool. In 1956-57 the building was sold to a Baptist congregation and a new larger building erected, nearby, on Hanover St between Conway & Barre Sts. In the 1863 the now Baptist building was demolished and a new one erected. In the Sun Article, about the new St. Stephen's building, another mention of a Sweet toned organ in the gallery. Though not mentioned by name in this article, In the 8/22/1873 pg 1 Sun obit, for August Pomplitz, St. Stephen's is named as being one of his organs. There is no other newspaper article announcing a Pomplitz organ for St. Stephen's at a later date. If it is true, that a new organ was installed in the new building, it may be true that they left the Hall organ in the old building, sold to the Baptists. The Lee St congregation announced a new organ (sun paper 2/22/1876) but gave no name of the builder. The Hall organ probably was a small GG compass instrument which was his mode in those day, and though out of fashion, may have been sold to a fledgling congregation, as those organs were easily transported.