African Methodist Episcopal Church (now First United Methodist)

516 Kellogg Avenue (this location is of a new building circa 1975.)
Ames, IA 50010

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(Probably the original Methodist Church organ. Methodists acquired the former Bethesda Lutheran church downtown and abandoned their original building. See notes below and other entries for later organs in this congregation.)

Builder: Unknown builder, 1910. Manuals: Unknown Ranks: Unknown Action: Unknown Notes: From the church history...this organ was installed in 1910 at a cost of $10,000. It was entirely remodeled in 1950 at a cost of $8,000. Some of the casework from this early instrument was reused in a subsequent Casavant organ installed in 1980 in a new building. William Dunklin and Organ Historical Society as of 2015.