Methodist Church, Albert Park: the exterior
[photograph from a postcard, early 20th century]
Methodist Church, Albert Park: the exterior
[photograph from a postcard, early 20th century]
Historical and Technical Documentation by John Maidment
© OHTA, 2013 (last updated March 2013)
Methodist Church, Albert Park: the interior
[Uniting Church Archives, Elsternwick]
This brick church in the Gothic style was designed by architects Oakden, Addison & Kemp and opened on 27 July 1890.1 While it closed for worship in 1970, the building still remains and makes a major contribution to the local townscape.
The organ was built by Fincham & Hobday at a cost of £415 and opened by W.H. Nott on 25 November 1891.2 The casework had splayed flats at the corners (identical to those employed at St Patrick's Church, Albury) and an extended mechanical action console. The organ was removed and rebuilt by George Fincham & Sons Pty Ltd in 1970 with considerable tonal alterations, new action and console and façade for the Methodist Church, Kyabram, in northern Victoria.3
Methodist Church, Albert Park: the organ
[photograph by W.G.S. Smith (c.1969)]
| GREAT Open Diapason Claribel Dulciana Principal Suabe Flute Fifteenth Swell to Great SWELL Violin Diapason Gedact Gamba Celeste Octave Piccolo Oboe Tremulant PEDAL Bourdon Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal |
8 8 8 4 4 2 8 8 8 8 4 2 8 16 |
gvd.bass TC (by drawstop over swell manual) |
Compass: 56/30
Mechanical key and stop action
Detached drawstop console
3 composition pedals to Great
Lever swell pedal4
Methodist Church, Albert Park: the console
[photograph by W.G.S. Smith (c.1969)]
1 A Century of Victorian Methodism, edited by The Rev. C. Irving Benson (Melbourne: Spectator Publishing Co., 1935), p.419; Victorian Churches, edited by Miles Lewis (East Melbourne: National Trust of Australia (Victoria), 1991), p.85.
2 E.N. Matthews, Colonial Organs and Organbuilders (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1969), p.119
3 Noted by John Maidment
4 Specification noted by John Maidment 1966