St. Luke’s Memorial Episcopal Church
This cruciform building of Victorian Gothic architecture was designed and
built for St. Luke Memorial Episcopal Church in 1873. The architect was
Peter J. Williamson, who also designed the Synagogue in Nashville, Central
State Hospital, buildings in McMinnville, and buildings on the Vanderbilt
University campus. This church is one of his finest buildings.
With a square three-storied tower, arched lancet windows and doors, brick
buttresses and broad gabled roof, this handsome church is virtually
unchanged from its original appearance and condition. The church, parish
house and Gothic marble mausoleum occupy an entire block in downtown
Cleveland, surrounded by a crenelated stone wall with iron gates. The
church is known for its beautiful stained glass windows.
St. Luke’s Church was the gift of John H. Craigmiles of Cleveland as a
memorial to his seven-year old daughter, Nina, who was killed in a railroad
accident on Saint Luke’s Day in 1871.
The first organ was an 1886 Pilcher of two manuals and ten stops. This organ was replaced in 1955 by M.P. Moller Opus 8878. In the mid-1980s, Moller replaced the 8′ Dulciana with a 4′ Spitz Principal, and the 16′ octave of the Dulciana remained as an extension of the Viola. Barger & Nix Organs releathered the organ and added new ranks and a rebuilt console with the chamber expansion in 2018. In 2019, the original Pilcher stenciled facade was replaced with new speaking pipes, painted to match the original unfaded colors by Barger & Nix.
M.P. Moller, Opus 8878 – Barger & Nix Organs 2019
GREAT
16′ Contra Dulciana
8′ Open Diapason
8′ Geigen Principal*
8′ Clarabella*
8′ Gedeckt*
8′ Harmonic Flute*
8′ Gamba*
8′ Gamba Celeste (TC)*
8′ Dulciana
4′ Octave
4′ Octave Geigen*
4′ Clarabella*
4′ Gedeckt*
4′ Harmonic Flute*
2/3′ Twelfth*
2′ Super Octave
Mixture III
8′ Trompette*
8′ Flugel Horn*
4′ Clairon*
Chimes
*Enclosed from Swell
SWELL
16′ Contra Gamba
8′ Geigen Principal
8′ Clarabella
8′ Gedeckt
8′ Harmonic Flute
8′ Gamba
8′ Gamba Celeste TC
8′ Dulciana
4′ Octave Geigen
4′ Clarabella
4′ Gedeckt
4′ Harmonic Flute
4′ Dulciana
2/3′ Nasard
2′ Fifteenth
2′ Harmonic Piccolo
1 1/3′ Larigot
1′ Zimbel
16′ Contre Trompette
16′ Flugel Horn
8′ Trompette
8′ Flugel Horn
4′ Clairon
PEDAL
32′ Resultant Principal
16′ Geigen Principal
16′ Gedeckt
10 2/3′ Sub Quint
8′ Diapason
8′ Geigen Principal
8′ Clarabella
8′ Gedeckt
8′ Gamba
8′ Dulciana
5 1/3′ Twelfth
4′ Principal
4′ Octave Geigen
4′ Harmonic Flute
4′ Gedeckt
2′ Super Octave
Rausch Quint II
32′ Trompette Cornet
16′ Contre Trompette
16′ Flugel Horn
8′ Trompette
8′ Flugel Horn
4′ Clairon
M.P. Moller, Inc., Op. 8878, 1956, 2/7
GREAT
8′ Principal
8′ Gedeckt
8′ Gamba
4′ Octave
4′ Spitz Principal
4′ Flute
2′ Super Octave
1 1/3′ Quint
8′ Trompette
Super
SWELL
16′ Bourdon
8′ Gedeckt
8′ Gamba
8′ Gamba Celeste
4′ Spitz Principal
4′ Flute
2 2/3′ Nazard
2′ Spitz Octave
2′ Flute
8′ Trompette
4′ Clairon
Tremulant
Sub
Unison Off
Super
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PEDAL
16′ Bourdon
16′ Dulciana
8′ Principal
8′ Gedeckt
4′ Octave
4′ Flute
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