Virginia Street Church (Swedenborgian)
170 Virginia St
St. Paul,
MN
55102 US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 40428
This organ is a second-hand instrument. From the Ramsey County Historical Society quarterly publication, Fall 2001, Vol. 36, No. 3, pg. 29, “The Financial Angel Who Rescued 3M The Life and Times of Lucius Pond Ordway” - Her love of music sustained her, and so did friends who dropped by every afternoon for tea and sandwiches. She listened to the radio, Alexandra Bjorklund remembered; she had a phonograph “that flipped the records for her, and she had a stack of symphonies.” The house had a pipe organ “and the entire attic was filled with pipes,” but the time was past when Jessie Ordway could play it. The organ eventually went to the Swedenborgian church.
Identified through on-line information from Richard C Greene.
Sanctuary interior with organ facade at left: Photograph from an archival source: Paul Nelson, “Virginia Street Swedenborgian Church,” Saint Paul Historical, accessed October 30, 2020, https://saintpaulhistorical.com/items/show/120., submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1920
Sanctuary interior with organ facade: Photograph by Kimmy Tanaka; on Paul Nelson, “Virginia Street Swedenborgian Church,” Saint Paul Historical, accessed October 30, 2020, https://saintpaulhistorical.com/items/show/120., submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2013-05-14