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The chapel contains the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon and tower, a separate gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1932 in honor of his mother. This 72-bell carillon is the second-largest carillon in the world by mass, after the carillon at Riverside Church on the Upper West Side of New York City, which Rockefeller Jr. also donated in honor of his mother.
The church was built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1921, as part of his plans to develop the town of Pocantico Hills, which was below his estate Kykuit. [2] Upon the death of Rockefeller's wife Abby Aldrich Rockefeller in 1948, their son Nelson Rockefeller commissioned Henri Matisse to design the church's rose window in honor of her memory ...
The chancel organ was opened with a concert in March 1955 with a concert by Virgil Fox and the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, attended by 3000 people. [ 189 ] In 1964, another Aeolian-Skinner organ was installed within the eastern wall of the nave's seating gallery; three years later, Anthony A. Bufano installed a five-manual console ...
President Dwight D. Eisenhower laying the Interchurch Center's cornerstone on October 12, 1958. The center was built in 1958 with gifts by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and other donors, together with a consortium of religious denominations, with the objective of encouraging cooperative work among such diverse religious groups as the Orthodox, African-American, and mainstream Protestant ...
In addition, there will be a live hour of special performances on all NBC stations and many affiliates from 7-8 p.m. ET, hosted by "Access Hollywood's" Mario Lopez, NBC4 New York's Natalie ...
New York City: Riverside Church – 74 bells, heaviest 41,000 lb (19,000 kg), Gillett & Johnston 1925 and 1931, Van Bergen 1950s, and Whitechapel 2003, moved from Park Avenue Baptist Church in 1929 [66] [67] Rochester: The Hopeman Memorial Carillon in Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester, 1973. 50 bells by Eijstbouts.
The wrapped 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 74-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce from West Stockbridge, Mass., is suspended in the air in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Saturday, Nov. 09 ...
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