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Lewis & Hitchcock, Inc. (1929)

Originally Hilborne L. Roosevelt (1880ca.)

Location:

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
310 Duke Street (now South Royal Street)
Alexandria, VA 22314 US
Organ ID: 69522

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on October 29, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • 12 ranks.
Paul R. Marchesano on October 29, 2021:

"In 1929, Lewis & Hitchcock arranged for its [the Roosevelt organ] sale, for $575, to St. Mary's Roman Catholic church on Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia, where it replaced a two manual, 19-rank Wilson S. Reiley tracker, which had been ruined In a fire. Lewis & Hitchcock files, researched by Gerald Piercey, state that theorgan moved from Plkeiville to Alexandria was a Hilborne L. Roosevelt." -- from 1991 OHS Handbook

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on October 29, 2021.
1991 OHS Handbook: Open In New Tab Originally published July 1991
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on October 29, 2021.

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