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Relocated or defunct tower tube instruments in North America
Some tower tube instruments have been relocated from their initial place of installation.
Others no longer exist for various reasons.
There are no site data pages for such sites, so they cannot be indexed in
the same manner as extant instruments.
Hence this page.
The lists below present, in appropriate orders,
the original locations of such instruments, without distinction as to size.
EXPOSITIONS:
Tower tube instruments which were originally displayed at an exposition
are listed in order by city name, with links to their current locations when known:
- Chicago, IL
- At the 1933 "Century of Progress" World's Fair, Deagan installed an instrument
of unknown size in the Hall of Science.
After the Fair, the company received a certificate of appreciation from the management
of the Fair.
It can be presumed that the components of this instrument eventually went into others,
but the details are unknown.
- New York, NY
- At the 1939 World's Fair, Deagan exhibited a 25-note instrument with 75 tubes
(3 per note).
It was intended that after the Fair it would be installed in the tower
of the Stephen Foster Memorial at White Sulfur Springs, Florida.
However, World War II intervened, and the triple set was broken up for individual sale.
One set was then sold to Baylor University, Waco, Texas (see under Relocations, below);
the disposition of the other two sets has not yet been discovered.
RELOCATIONS:
Tower tube instruments which have been moved from their original city of installation to
another place are listed in order by city name, with links to their
current locations when known:
- Andalusia, AL
- First Methodist Church had a 32-note Deagan instrument from 1946 until 1988.
It was relocated at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, CA, and stored there with the
intention of eventual installation in a tower (as yet unbuilt).
Eight of the smallest tubes were stolen from storage, and in 2018
(or earlier), the remainder was donated to the Houston Symphony Orchestra.
Preparation of an appropriate new Web page is awaiting confirmation of installation there.
- Boston, MA
- First Church of Christ, Scientist, had a 15-note U.S.Tubular instrument
from 1895 until 2008, though it was in storage for the last decades of that period.
It is now located at The Bell Tower (formerly the Swan Campanile) in
Perth, Australia.
- Camden, NJ
- The Victor Talking Machine Company acquired an 18-note Deagan instrument
in 1925.
It was later transferred to Moorestown, NJ.
- Chicago, IL
- St.Francis Xavier Catholic Church had a 32-note Deagan instrument
from 1947 until 1986, when it was acquired by a private individual in
Barrington Hills, IL.
- Chicago, IL
- The Chicago Stadium (Arena) had a 20-note Deagan instrument
from 1929 until 1988.
After a period of time in storage in Arizona, it found a new home in
Las Vegas, NV.
- Chicago, IL
- St.James Methodist Church had a 10-note Deagan instrument
from 1926 until 1988, when it was given away for re-installation in
Milwaukee, WI.
- Clearwater, FL
- Robert S. Brown acquired an 18-note Deagan instrument for "Century Oaks",
his private estate, in 1925.
The instrument was enlarged to 25 notes in 1935,
and further enlarged to 32 notes in 1940.
Some time in the 1970s it was acquired by a private individual in
Spring Green, WI.
- Detroit, MI
- Park View Cemetery had a 10-note Deagan instrument
from 1929 until 1935, when it was moved to
Toledo, OH.
The cemetery may have been (and may still be) located in the suburbs,
with an office in the city.
- Fresno, CA
- Belmont Memorial acquired an 18-note Deagan instrument in 1934.
In 1975 it was sold to an
electric motor shop in the same town.
- St.John's Universalist Church, Joliet, IL
- A 15-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
has been sold and is awaiting installation elsewhere in the Chicago area.
This site is still identified in the database as
JOLIET - STJ : USA - IL
but will be renamed once the relocation is officially announced.
- Los Angeles High School,
Los Angeles, CA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
(or 1929) was removed to storage in 1971 before the building was demolished
because of earthquake damage.
In 2006, it was sold, disassembled and relocated to storage in Immanuel Presbyterian Church,
Los Angeles, where it will be reinstalled by 2009, the 80th anniversary of both the church
and Los Angeles High School.
This site is still identified in the database as
LOS ANGELES - HS : USA - CA
- Milestone, SK
- Holy Trinity Church had an 8-note instrument of unknown origin
(though it seems reasonable to suppose that it was imported from England,
where it might have been made by Harrington, Latham & Co.).
In 1987 it was reinstalled in
Regina, SK.
- Reading, PA
- Laureldale Cemetary had a 25-note Deagan instrument
from 1931 until 1999, when it was sold to
St.John Cantius Catholic Church, Chicago, IL.
- St.Paul's Methodist Church, Red Lion, PA
- A 32-note instrument installed by Deagan
in 1946 was traded in to Verdin for an electronic system in 2014.
Shortly thereafter, the tubes were installed in
Smale Riverfront Park, Cincinnati.
- Rockford, IL
- Bethesda Evangelical Covenant Church acquired a 20-note Deagan instrument in 1928.
In 2018 (or earlier), the set was transferred to the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Preparation of an appropriate new Web page is awaiting confirmation of installation there.
- Roslyn, Long Island, NY
- Arthur Williams bought an 18-note Deagan instrument for his residence in 1926.
In 1942 it was sold by his estate, and was reintalled by Deagan in
Port Washington, NY.
- Sacramento, CA
- First United Methodist Church had a 16-note Deagan instrument
from 1946 until it was sold to a private individual in
Cazadero, CA.
- San Francisco, CA
- Glide Memorial Methodist Church had a 10-note Deagan instrument
from an unknown year until 1983, when it was sold to a private individual in
Weimar, CA.
- San Mateo, CA
- San Mateo Union High School had a 20-note Deagan instrument from 1927 until 1939,
when it was moved to a church in Burlingame, CA.
- L.A.Watres residence, Scranton, PA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1928
was located in a freestanding tower on the grounds of the Watres mansion.
The keyboard and other controls were destroyed in 1937 by a fire that consumed the house
but spared the tower.
The tubes and strikers were taken down and stored until 1995, when the tubes were remounted
with a new frame in their present location at Lake Ariel,
where the Watres summer residence once was.
- Springfield, OH
- First Methodist Church had a 10-note Deagan instrument from 1924 until 2021,
when it was moved to a church in London, OH.
- Swampscott, MA
- First Congregational Church acquired a 25-note Deagan instrument in 1927.
In 1986, during a move to the present building, the five lowest notes were stolen.
In 2018 (or earlier), the remaining 20 notes were transferred to the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Preparation of an appropriate new Web page is awaiting confirmation of installation there.
- Marvin Memorial Methodist Church, Tyler, TX
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1942
was sold about 1996 to become spare parts for a 32-note instrument acquired by
Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, CA.
In 2018 (or earlier), the ex-Tyler set of tubes was donated
to the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra.
Preparation of an appropriate new site data page is awaiting confirmation of installation there.
- Waco, TX
- Baylor University had a 25-note Deagan instrument from 1939 until 1988,
when it was was replaced by a traditional carillon.
After being stored for a few years, it was sold to the present owner and installed in
Uniontown, OH.
- Seventh Presbyterian Church, Walnut Hills (Cincinnati), OH
- A 15-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1928
bore the name "Hollister Chimes".
It was removed after being damaged in 1970 by a fire which destroyed all but the tower of
the church, and was stored at the G.A.Avril Company in Cincinnati.
On closure of the church in 2010-11, the company purchased the chime;
it was eventually sold to the Verdin Company of Cincinnati,
who erected it in the factory courtyard.
DEFUNCT:
Tower tube instruments which no longer exist are listed in order by city name:
- George Washington Masonic National
Memorial, Alexandria, VA
- A 20-note instrument provided by Deagan in 1930
sat in storage until the tower was completed two decades later.
In 1951 it was finally installed in the topmost level of the completed tower,
but only five years later it was replaced by a 32-note Deagan Celesta-Chime,
one of the early electronic systems.
This site is identified in the database as
ALEXANDRIA - GW : USA - VA
- Boldt Castle, Alexandria Bay, NY
- A 15-note instrument by Durfee or U.S.Tubular
was apparently acquired from John Wanamaker's store in Philadelphia about 1900 and installed
in the clock tower of the power house of the Boldt estate
which was under construction on Heart Island.
The estate was effectively abandoned after the unexpected death of Mrs.Boldt in 1904,
and the tubular bells eventually disappeared.
The chime is mentioned in the
Historical Marker Data Base,
though it has some facts wrong — the bells were not silver, and the range of their sizes
must have been more than two feet.
- St.Luke's Episcopal Church, Anchorage, KY
- A 16-note instrument by Deagan, installed
in 1941 by C.J.Gercken,
was sold to the Verdin Company in early 2016, and may eventually be reinstalled elsewhere.
- First United Methodist Church, Atlanta, TX
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1938
is presumed to have been scrapped, since the belfry which housed it has disappeared from
the education building where it once stode.
- Mayfair Theater, Asbury Park, NJ
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
is presumed to have been demolished when the building was razed for a parking lot in 1974.
- St.Paul's Methodist Church, Atlantic City, NJ
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1922
is presumed to have been scrapped when the building was demolished in the late 20th century.
This site is identified in the database as
ATLANTIC CITY - STP : USA - NJ
- Atwater Congregational Church, Atwater, OH
- A 20-note instrument of unknown origin
was installed in 1934 as a gift of Col.Clarence Butler.
It was scrapped about 2004, in spite of the fact that this building is on the
National Register of Historic Places.
Wikipedia
photo
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- An 18-note instrument installed by Deagan in
Memorial Tower in 1924 was removed in 1949; the actual disposition is unknown.
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Berwick, PA
- A 12-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
is presumed to have been scrapped.
The congregation moved out of the building about 1958, and later merged with another to form
the present Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
The former building apparently has not survived.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Boulder, CO
- A 20-note instrument by Deagan, installed here
in 1927 by C.J.Gercken, was sold about 1961,
and later scrapped by the buyer (a private citizen).
This site is identified in the database as
BOULDER - SH : USA - CO
- South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
- An 18-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1929
has disappeared, leaving the belfry of the Coughlin Campanile empty.
- St.Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Butler, PA
- An 18-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1931
was scrapped in 1951.
- First Methodist Church, Campbellsville, KY
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1922
has vanished.
- Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO
- An instrument of unknown size is reported to have been installed
by Deagan in 1934,
but no trace of it survives in the presumed location.
- Chicago Auditorium, Chicago, IL
- A 25-note set from U.S.Tubular Bell Co.
was installed in the 4-manual Roosevelt organ in this theatre in 1890,
connected to a Cathedral Chimes stop on the Solo manual.
The supplier's advertisements later described it as a "full set",
and it is the only known set larger than 15 notes provided by that firm.
It is presumed to have been removed with the rest of the organ in 1941, when that was sold
in a bankruptcy auction.
Although the organ was reinstalled elsewhere, it was largely destroyed by fire in 1961,
and then replaced.
It is not known whether this chime was part of that sale and relocation.
This site is identified in the database as
CHICAGO - CA : USA - IL
- Chicago Methodist Temple, Chicago, IL
- A two-rank 20-note instrument by Deagan,
installed in 1935 by C.J.Gercken, was scrapped in 1955.
(See a postcard picture
of the building.)
This site is identified in the database as
CHICAGO - CMT : USA - IL
- Municipal Pier, Chicago, IL
- A 16-note instrument by Deagan, installed
by C.J.Gercken in 1932 for the Pageant of Progress Exposition, no longer exists.
This site is identified in the database as
CHICAGO - MP : USA - IL
- North Austin Evang. Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
- An 18-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
has disappeared.
This site is identified in the database as
CHICAGO - NAL : USA - IL
- St.Malachy's Catholic Church, Chicago, IL
- An 18-note instrument by Deagan was installed
in 1930 by C.J.Gercken and scrapped in 1962 by C.J.Gercken Jr.
This site is identified in the database as
CHICAGO - STMA : USA - IL
- St.Stephen's Catholic Church, Chicago, IL
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1931
is presumed to have been demolished with the building which housed it;
the parish was merged into St.John Cantius.
This site is identified in the database as
CHICAGO - STST : USA - IL
- Trinity Methodist Church, Clearfield, PA
- A 20-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1933
was destroyed by fire in Dec.1968.
- Baptist Church of the Master, Cleveland, OH
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
is presumed to have been demolished with the building which housed it, after the church
closed in the mid-20th century.
This site is identified in the database as
CLEVELAND - M : USA - OH
- First Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, CO
- A 10-note instrument by Deagan, installed
in 1928 by C.J.Gercken, is presumed to have been scrapped when the building was replaced in 1958.
- Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
was replaced by a carillon in 1985.
This site and its replacement are identified in the database as
DALLAS - HP/1 : USA - TX
DALLAS - HP/2 : USA - TX
- First Presbyterian Church, Danville, IL
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
was scrapped about 1991.
- Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, IA
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1931
was scrapped about 1978.
This site is identified in the database as
DAVENPORT - DMP : USA - IA
- Palmer School of Chiropractic, Davenport, IA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1921
was replaced in 1949 by a Deagan New World Carillon (electronic).
This site is identified in the database as
DAVENPORT - P/2 : USA - IA
- Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Detroit, MI
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1928
was destroyed by fire in 1963.
This site is identified in the database as
DETROIT - OLS : USA - MI
- St.John's Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI
- A 15-note instrument was installed by an unknown maker
about 1912 as a memorial to Joseph G. Standart.
It was sold for scrap in the 1960s,
and the space is now occupied by an electronic device installed in 1987.
This site is identified in the database as
DETROIT - STJ : USA - MI
- First United Methodist Church, East Liverpool, OH
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1922
(and incorrectly reported as 16 notes) was scrapped about 1956.
- First Presbyterian Church, El Paso, TX
- A 16-note instrument installed
by Deagan in 1927
was presumably scrapped when the building was demolished about 1958;
no successor organization has been found.
- Principia College, Elsah, IL
- A 10-note instrument installed in the chapel tower
by Deagan in 1936
was replaced by an electronic device in 1959 (though some of its controls were later sold);
that device in turn was replaced by a
carillon.
This site and its eventual replacement are identified in the database as
ELSAH - 1 : USA - IL
ELSAH - 2 : USA - IL
- First Presbyterian Church, Fairmont, WV
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
was scrapped at an unknown date.
- First Congregational Church, Flushing, Long Island, NY
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
was destroyed by fire in 1970.
- First Methodist Church, Fort Pierce, FL
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
was removed at an unknown date.
- (unknown), Frederick, MD
- A 16-note instrument reportedly installed
by Deagan in 1924 cannot be found.
- Glendale Presbyterian Church (was First Presbyterian Church), Glendale, CA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
was scrapped after the sanctuary was destroyed by earthquake in 1971.
- St.Paul Methodist Church, Goldsboro, NC
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
was presumably scrapped when replaced by an electronic system.
(That in turn was removed in 1982-3.)
- Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, MI
- A 14-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1923
seems to have been replaced by
conventional bells in 1976.
This site and its replacement are identified in the database as
GRAND RAPIDS - F/1 : USA - MI
GRAND RAPIDS - F/2 : USA - MI
- St.Mark's Lutheran Church, Grandview, IN
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1929
was destroyed by the Ohio River flood of 1937.
- Greensburg Methodist Church, Greensburg, IN
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
was replaced with an electronic system not later than 1979.
- Haddonfield
Methodist Church, Haddonfield, NJ
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1938
was destroyed by fire in 1955.
- Hoopeston Universalist Church, Hoopeston, IL
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1938
was unharmed by a fire which destroyed most of the building in the early 1950s; the instrument
was given to the Christian Church in the same town, but then was destroyed by fire in 1955.
- Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN
- A 20-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
was either sold or scrapped when the building was demolished in 1959, after the congregation
moved to its present location to the north.
- Woodlawn Memorial Park, Joliet, IL
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1931
was scrapped at an unknown date.
This site is identified in the database as
JOLIET - W : USA - IL
- Country Club Christian Church, Kansas City, MO
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
was largely scrapped by a cell phone installation crew;
some components survived for re-use elsewhere.
This site is identified in the database as
KANSAS CITY - CC : USA - MO
- Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kansas City, MO
- A 10-note instrument by Deagan, installed
in 1928 by C.J.Gercken, has disappeared, along with the tower which housed it.
This site is identified in the database as
KANSAS CITY - HC : USA - MO
- Linwood Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, MO
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan
when a new building was constructed in 1923 was vandalized after the congregation
abandoned the building about 1979.
However, the building survives and has been redevelopd for other purposes.
This site is identified in the database as
KANSAS CITY - LP : USA - MO
- Westminster Congregational Church, Kansas City, MO
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan
in 1922 has disappeared, though the building survived for some years;
it was eventually demolished following severe storm damage.
This site is identified in the database as
KANSAS CITY - W : USA - MO
- Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA
- A 25-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1930
was replaced in 1956 by an electronic device, which in turn was replaced by the present
carillon.
The garden's page about the carillon
includes historical photos showing the tubular chime in the tower.
This site and its eventual replacement are identified in the database as
KENNETT SQUARE - 1 : USA - PA
KENNETT SQUARE - 2 : USA - PA
- Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kingsport, TN
- An 18-note instrument by Deagan, installed in 1948
(by C.J.Gercken) as a war memorial, was sold by the church in 2006
(though the memorial plaque was kept).
14 of the tubes have since been installed elsewhere.
- Our Savior's Lutheran Church, La Crosse, WI
- A 14-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
was apparently scrapped when the building was replaced in 1956.
- Lakewood Methodist Church, Lakewood, NY
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
was replaced by an electronic system decades ago.
- First Methodist Church, Lancaster, PA
- A small instrument (probably 10 notes) was installed by
Deagan in 1916 and expanded to 16 notes in 1922.
The control mechanisms are presumed to have been destroyed by fire
(along with the body of the church) in 1946; the tubular bells were removed later,
though the slant-legged timber rack remains in the belfry.
This site is identified in the database as
LANCASTER - FM : USA - PA
- Plymouth Congregational Church, Lansing, MI
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
was destroyed by fire in 1971.
This site is identified in the database as
LANSING - P : USA - MO
- Trinity Lutheran Church, Lawrence, KS
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1928
was removed in 1976 as unserviceable, and was sold in 1980.
This site is identified in the database as
LAWRENCE - TL : USA - KS
- Lake Placid Club, Lake Placid, NY
- An instrument of unknown size was installed by
Mayland some time before 1914.
Hung in the belvidere of the Forest Towers building, it was played
"at 4.30 Wednesday, Friday and Sunday before Iroquois vesper music, before church Sunday morning,
and during the lake-fire water curtain Friday evenings,"
according to the club handbook of 1914.
The club had been founded in 1895, but declined after World War II,
finally closing its doors after the 1980 Winter Olympics.
The last of the buildings were demolished in January 2002,
so it is most likely that this instrument was scrapped before that.
- First Methodist Church, Long Beach, CA
- A 16-note instrument by Deagan, installed in 1926
by C.J.Gercken, was in a building which was replaced in 1970;
the actual disposition is unknown.
This site is identified in the database as
LONG BEACH - FM : USA - CA
- Sunnyside Mausoleum (now Forest Lawn Long Beach), Long Beach, CA
- A 16-note instrument by Deagan, was installed
in 1926 by C.J.Gercken.
Later, it was mostly scrapped, though some control equipment remains.
This site is identified in the database as
LONG BEACH - SM : USA - CA
- Angelus Temple (Church of the Foursquare Gospel), Los Angeles, CA
- A 20-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1935
has mostly vanished, though the rack remains in the belfry.
This site is identified in the database as
LOS ANGELES - AT : USA - CA
- St.Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Los Angeles, CA
- A 25-note instrument by Deagan was installed
by C.J.Gercken in 1947; it was replaced in 1956 by a Deagan New World Carillon (electronic).
This site is identified in the database as
LOS ANGELES - STV : USA - CA
- Columbian Mutual Tower (now Lincoln American Tower), Memphis, TN
- An 18-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
as a memorial to World War I was donated to a scrap metal drive in World War II.
This site is identified in the database as
MEMPHIS - CM : USA - TN
- Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA
- At one time, the tower of this building
(constructed 1897-1909) contained an instrument of 12 tubes,
which is presumed to have been made by U.S.Tubular.
There was also a tower clock striking Cambridge (Westminster) quarters.
(See also a
drawing of the tower from the street side.)
The tubes were removed during World War II,
either stolen for scrap or buried for safety and never recovered.
The tower clock and the bell frame have disappeared.
This site is identified in the database as
METHUEN - MH : USA - MA
- Searles Estate, Methuen, MA
- In 1890-91, a freestanding tower on what was then the estate of Edward F. Searles
(called "Pine Lodge") was equipped with a tubular chime of 15 bells.
(Previously the tower had contained a windmill.)
In 1895, the tower was replaced by one built
of granite, which contained a tubular chime of larger (but unknown) size.
Both are tentatively presumed to have been made by
U.S.Tubular.
The second chime, at least, chimed the Westminster quarters and struck the hour,
although there was no clock face on the tower.
The tubes were removed during World War II,
either stolen for scrap or buried for safety and never recovered.
This site is identified in the database as
METHUEN - SE : USA - MA
There may have been a second set of tubular chimes on this estate, but until more is known
about it, that does not have a separate entry in the database.
- St.Patrick's Catholic Church, Miami Beach, FL
- A 32-note instrument by Deagan, installed
in 1943 by C.J.Gercken, was given to Verdin about 1980 "for a poor needy church up north";
the actual disposition is unknown.
- St.Mary's Catholic Church, Mobile, AL
- A 10-note instrument by Deagan was installed
in 1927 by C.J.Gercken; it was eventually scrapped in 1957 by his son Jack in the course of
installing a Deagan New World [electronic] Carillon.
- House of God (Children's Home), Mooseheart, IL
- A dual 32-note instrument by Deagan, installed
in 1950 by C.J.Gercken, was scrapped about 1970 by C.J.Gercken Jr.
- First Methodist Church, New Castle, PA
- An 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1923,
the gift of the Randolph Circle Kings Daughters,
was scrapped when the building was demolished after the congregation moved to the suburbs.
- St.James Episcopal Church, New London, CT
- A 25-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
has disappeared.
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
was replaced in 1953 by a conventional chime,
the bells of which later disappeared.
This site and its replacement are identified in the database as
NEW ORLEANS - SHJ/1 : USA - LA
NEW ORLEANS - SHJ/2 : USA - LA
- Roxy Theatre,
New York, NY
- A 20-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
was demolished with the building sometime between 1956 and 1960.
The largest tube was 21 feet long.
This site is identified in the database as
NEW YORK - R : USA - NY
- St.Peter's Lutheran Church, New York, NY
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
was initially connected to a mechanical action organ.
In 1929 it was connected to a new electric-action organ, but by 1948 it was defunct.
The building was demolished in 1977 (to be replaced by the current building),
so the chime is presumed to have been scrapped then, if not earlier.
This site is identified in the database as
NEW YORK - STPE : USA - NY
- Grace Methodist Church, Newport News, VA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1939
is presumed to have been scrapped about 1964 when the congregation relocated to its present
building; the former building has been demolished.
This site is identified in the database as
NEWPORT NEWS - G : USA - VA
- The Christian Temple, Norfolk, VA
- A 12-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
was removed at an unknown date.
This site is identified in the database as
NORFOLK - C : USA - NC
- Elks Hall (later the Carillon Hotel), Oakland, CA
- A 20-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
was removed before the building was demolished in 1966;
the actual disposition is unknown.
This site is identified in the database as
OAKLAND - EH : USA - CA
- First Methodist Church, Ocean City, NJ
- An 18-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1923
was replaced by an electronic device in the late 1950s.
This site is identified in the database as
OCEAN CITY - FM : USA - NJ
- Redemptorist Fathers Monastery, Oconomowoc, WI
- An 18-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
was lost when the buildings were razed by a developer in the late 20th century.
- Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- A 20-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1929,
and previously reported to have been in "Oklahoma City Cemetery", no longer exists.
The tubular bells have been removed from the tower (though the frame remains);
presumably they were scrapped.
The roll player was discarded before the mid-1990s;
whether any salvageable controls remain is unknown.
The
Cemetery
Website has several photos and panoramas that include the tower; from these it is evident
that the bell tower no longer contains any tubular bells,
though it does still contain the original rack.
This site is identified in the database as
OKLAHOMA CITY - C : USA - OK
- St.Paul's Evangelical Church (later St.Paul's UCC), Pekin, IL
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
is presumed to have been lost when the building was replaced in 1952.
- B.P.O.E.Lodge #2, Philadelphia, PA
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
is presumed to have been scrapped when the building was demolished in 1992.
This site is identified in the database as
PHILADELPHIA - E : USA - PA
- Fletcher Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA
- A 12-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
was destroyed by fire in the early 1970s.
This site is identified in the database as
PHILADELPHIA - FLM : USA - PA
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1929
was removed (possibly scrapped) in the 1970s.
This site is identified in the database as
PHILADELPHIA - IC : USA - PA
- Mount Hermon Reformed Church, Philadelphia, PA
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1921
is presumed to have been scrapped when the building was replaced with the present structure.
This site is identified in the database as
PHILADELPHIA - MH : USA - PA
- Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Philadelphia, PA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1928
was lost to theft and vandalism after this Catholic church was closed in 2000.
This site is identified in the database as
PHILADELPHIA - TR : USA - PA
- Pilgrim Evangelical Church, Pittsburgh, PA
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
is presumed to have been lost
when the building was demolished in the path of a new expressway.
This site is identified in the database as
PITTSBURGH - P : USA - PA
- Indiana Boy's School (later Plainfield Juvenile Correctional Facility),
Plainfield, IN
- A 12-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
was enlarged to14 notes in 1928, but was taken down in 1975, and later disappeared from storage.
- Pilgrim Congregational Church, Pomona, CA
- A 14-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
was removed about 1985; some equipment remains.
- Edenton Street Methodist Church, Raleigh, NC
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
was destroyed by fire in 1956.
This site is identified in the database as
RALEIGH - E : USA - NC
- First Methodist Church, Redlands, CA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
was destroyed by fire in 1967.
- Grace Methodist Church, Rochester, IN
- A 12-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1922
was removed in 1969 when the building was remodelled by removal of its dome;
the actual disposition is unknown.
- Lake Avenue Baptist Church, Rochester, NY
- An 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1921
was destroyed by fire in 1972.
This site is identified in the database as
ROCHESTER - LA : USA - NY
- Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
in Tillman Hall
was replaced in the late 1970s by an electronic system.
See also here.
- Court Street Methodist Church, Rockford, IL
- An 18-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
was mostly scrapped in 1969.
Surviving power and control equipment was later salvaged by Top Rung Tower Chime Service
and Williamson-Warne & Associates.
This site is identified in the database as
ROCKFORD - C : USA - IL
- St.Peter & Paul's Church, San Francisco, CA
- A 20-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
was destroyed by fire in 1956.
This site is identified in the database as
SAN FRANCISCO - STPP : USA - CA
- First Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica, CA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
did not survive the church's move to a new location c.1980; the old building was demolished,
and the church has no record of what happened to the chime.
This site is identified in the database as
SANTA MONICA - FP : USA - CA
- First Congregational Church, Southington, CT
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
was scrapped in 1983.
- St.Joseph's Catholic Church, Springfield, MO
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
was removed many years ago.
This site is identified in the database as
SPRINGFIELD - STJ : USA - MO
- Chimes Building, Syracuse, NY
- An 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1928
was removed some time after World War II.
This site is identified in the database as
ROCHESTER - LA : USA - NY
- Indiana State Normal School (later
Indiana State Teachers College, now Indiana State University), Terre Haute, IN
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1927
in Old Main Hall
was equipped with a special chiming device to play "On the Banks of the Wabash".
When the building was demolished in 1950, it is recorded that students were involved in
"carrying out the valuable chimes from the tower", but the system was never re-installed
and is presumed to have been scrapped.
- Assumption Catholic Church, Topeka, KS
- A 10-note instrument by Deagan, installed
by C.J.Gercken in 1926, was sold to the
Top Rung Tower Chime Service,
and may eventually find a new home elsewhere.
This site is identified in the database as
TOPEKA - A : USA - KS
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
- An 18-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1929
in a free-standing tower was the first to bear the name "The Denny Chimes."
It was replaced about 1965 by an electronic device, which in turn was replaced by the present
non-traditional carillon.
This site and its eventual replacement are identified in the database as
TUSCALOOSA - UA/1 : USA - AL
TUSCALOOSA - UA/2 : USA - AL
- Christ Episcopal Church, Warren, OH
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1925
is thought to be defunct, though the evidence is uncertain.
- First Methodist Church, Waseca, MN
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1923
was scrapped when the building was converted to a county historical museum — an ironically
ignominious fate.
- All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church, Washington, DC
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1922
went out of use many decades ago, and no evidence of the controls remained by 2003.
In 2006, the frame, tubular bells and strikers were taken in trade by
Meeks, Watson & Co., who supplied a peal of three
conventional bells.
- St.Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Wheeling, WV
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1940
(with provisions for eventual expansion to 20 notes) was taken down and sold about 1990;
its destination is unknown.
- Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church, Wilkinsburg, PA
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1924
was replaced by an electronic device c.2005, and is presumed to have been scrapped.
- Asbury College, Wilmore, KY
- A 16-note instrument by Deagan,
installed by C.J.Gercken in 1927, was scrapped in 1955.
- St.Stephen's Broadway Church, Winnipeg, MB
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1928
was destroyed by arson (along with the building which contained it) in March 1968.
- Central Presbyterian Church, Zanesville, OH
- A 12-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1922
was replaced by an electronic system in 1955.
The timber frame remains in the belfry, but the tubes, strikers and controls
have disappeared.
This site is identified in the database as
ZANESVILLE - C : USA - OH
- Forest Avenue Presbyterian Church, Zanesville, OH
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1922
is presumed to have been scrapped when the building was demolished,
in conjunction with sale of the property to Genesis Health Care.
This site is identified in the database as
ZANESVILLE - FA : USA - OH
NOTE: Defunct sites for which no database identification is listed are
the only ones in their respective cities in the database that supports this Website.
Thus their identification follows the standard model.
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