Pipe Organ Database

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C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1890)

Location:

Overbrook Presbyterian Church
6376 City Avenue
Philadelphia: Overbrook, PA 19151 US
Organ ID: 69814

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on December 03, 2021.
Paul R. Marchesano on December 03, 2021:

Built by Charles S. Haskell, and appeared on an opus list published by the firm in The Diapason, January, 1909. Replaced in 1939 by Moller Opus 6800.

"In 1890, Presbyterians, assisted by the Quaker Wistar Morris, built the Gothic Revival-style Overbrook Presbyterian Church at the intersection of Lancaster Park and City Line Avenue, soon to be part of Overbrook Farms. This church was expanded in 1909 and rebuilt in 1925." -- West Philadelphia Collaborative History website

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on December 03, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Original chapel building, before 1905 expansion to the present sanctuary: Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. unknown, before 1905

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