Unknown Builder
1890's ca.

Further research indicates this congregation was part of the Congregational denomination until 1917 when that association was disolved and the members joined the Presbyterian denomination. At the time the organ was first acquired, date unknown, the congregation was meeting in its first Congregational structure built in 1822 and remodeled in 1865. When the present ediface was built adjacent to it in 1892, the 1822 building was demolished and the parsonage erected on the same site. It is likely the organ was simply moved from one building to the next by church members. A close inspection of the 1909 postcard images reveals the Congregational Church caption. Church lore suggests the organ was acquired at some point mid-late 19th century at an auction of the contents of the Duane mansion-- thus the attribution to that residence as its first home.

Notes by Scot Huntington. -- Originally built for the Duane Mansion in Duanesburg, New York. At an unknown date late 19th century, the organ was moved here to the Presbyterian church in Worcester, New York, about 35 miles distant. The organ served here until it was replaced by a two-manual Estey in the 1930s, and the organ was moved again to the Presbyterian church in Middlefield Center, about 12 miles west.