Wicks Organ Co.
Opus 4374, 1963

Identified from the Wicks opus list.

The congregation began as Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in the Market District. In 1916-17, they merged with Bethlehem Lutheran and renamed as Norwegian Lutheran. In 1930, they relocated to the Market District and purchased an existing church acoss from Dolores Park. In 1959 the congregation rededicated itself as Ascension Lutheran and later it became Golden Gate Lutheran. The building was seized by the city and county of San Francisco, after the congregation ignored orders to seismically retrofit the building - which was cost was estimated at $8 Million. The building was then sold, with some of the funds being distributed to congregations in San Francisco and the remaining funds given to the Sierra Pacific Synod.

The Wicks pipe organ found a new home at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Washington through the efforts of Dr. Edward Meyer - Prof. Emeritus of Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. The organ was removed in January by Michigan organ builder Richard T. Swanson and volunteers from the Golden Gate Lutheran Church. It was reinstalled in Holy Trinity in 2008 by Richard T. Swanson with three ranks added.