Roosevelt Pipe Organ Builders
- Roosevelt Pipe Organ Builders
Hilborne Roosevelt and his younger brother Frank Roosevelt organized the Roosevelt Pipe Organ Builders in the 1880s. The brothers built some of the largest organs in the United States during their career.
Roosevelt organ installations include the following:
*Protestant Episcopal Cathedral at Garden City, New York
*Trinity Church
*Church of the Holy Communion, New York
*Grace Protestant Episcopal Church of New York
*First Presbyterian Church, New York [cite web |title=The Guilmant Organ School at First Church |url=http://www.fpcnyc.org/guilmant.html |publisher=First Presbyterian Church]
*Grace & St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland
*First Baptist Church in America, Providence, Rhode Island (Opus 150) [cite web |url=http://www.fbcia.org/page222.html |title=Foley-Baker Organ |publisher=First Baptist Church in America |accessdate=2008-04-28]
*First Methodist Church, Boulder, Colorado (Opus 382) [cite web |title=Organ |url=http://www.fumcboulder.org/organ.jsp |publisher=First United Methodist Church of Boulder |accessdate=2008-04-28]
*St, James Roman Catholic Church, Chicago, Illinois (1891) [cite web |title=Organ Historical Society - Historic Citation #50 |url=http://www.ohschicago.org/Organs/StJamesRC-Chgo.html|publisher=Organ Historical Society, Chicago-Midwest Chapter |accessdate=2008-04-28]
*St. Peter's Episcopal Church, New York (Opus 515 - 1892) [cite web |title=St. Peter's Episcopal Church |url=http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/StPeterEpisChelsea.html |publisher=American Guild of Organists, New York City Chapter |accessdate=2008-04-28]
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