Pomplitz & Rodewald
1854

Updated through online information from Steven Bartley (August 4, 2025):

From - Evening Star, Washington, D.C. Aug 1, 1854 - Pomplitz organ for St. Dominick's Catholic Church (building #1) 11 ft tall x 7 ft wide x 4 ft deep Keyboard extended in front of case, so organist can face the altar 8 stops, 8 Open Diapason, 8 Stopt Diapason, 8 Dulciana, 4 Principal, 4 Flute, 2-2/3 Twelfth, 2 Fifteenth Case in Gothic style.

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by Steve Bartley, using information found in Baltimore Sun Paper, 8/2/1854 pg4 & 8/15/1854 pg1.
Baltimore Sun Paper Aug 2 1854. This was for the building previous to the present building on E street SW.
Messers. Pomplitz and Rodewald, organ builders, of Baltimore, Have just closed, through their agents, Hilbus & Hitz, a contract to build an organ for St. Dominic's Catholic Church, on the island. The organ will be 11 feet high, 7 feet front, and 4 feet deep, with a keyboard extended in the front, to enable the organist to face the altar while performing.

Baltimore Sun Paper Aug 15, 1854 as part of more lengthy article about Pomplitz & Rodewald. "...A fourth instrument for the St. Dominican Church of Washington City, which will contain eight stops, combining the principal and most popular band instruments, with violoncello, violin, &c. The case will be in the gothic style of architecture, 11 feet high, 7 feet wide, and 4 feet deep."