Pipe Organ Database

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by J. A. Hefner, citing information from this publication: " Books on Google Play 20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens" by William M. Rockel. The original church was established at a lot on S. Center Street in 1851, and during the pastorate of Rev. S. P. Dunlap (1887-1895), the building and congregation were expanded. ABF Opus 500 was apparently installed during that period. Late in December 1902, the church burned. The church was rebuilt in the same location shortly thereafter (ready for use by summer 1903), and this is where ABF Opus 801 was installed. The church was apparently incorporated in 1930, and it appears in newspaper articles as late as 1944, though I don't know anything about what happened to it after that.

Updated by J. A. Hefner, naming this as the source of information: "20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens" by William M. Rockel, 1908.

Updated through online information from Jim Stark.

Updated through online information from Jim Stark.

Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock.

Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Felgemaker's magnum opus. The tubular pneumatic action soon proved troublesome, and Austin replaced the keydesk with a remote electro-pnuematic console in 1923 or 24, modifying the action as required. The organ was dedicated by Wilhelm Middleschulte. It is said, by those who can remember the sound, to have been audible "all the way to Sheridan Road when 'Jerusalem' was played." Whatever the case, the organ was certainly audible, in the days before air conditioning, in the central district of Zion, a town which had been founded and governed by the church. The Shiloh Tabernacle was located in a park at the exact center of Zion, and the four main roads led to it. The wooden tabernacle structure burned in 1937, and the organ was completely destroyed.

Updated through online information from William Dunklin.

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by William Dunklin, based on information from a vintage postcard. -- Known from a postcard mailed in 1918. Zion Tabernacle was an 8000 seat auditorium built for the original congregation of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church. A short history of the denomination is available on Wikipedia. After a series of scandals and splits in the congregation, the massive Zion Tabernacle was burned in 1937 and the organ presumably lost.