- 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.
- 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 installed by Deagan in 1927
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
- 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 Methodist Temple, Chicago, IL
- A two-rank 20-note instrument installed by Deagan
in 1935 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 installed by Deagan 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 installed by Deagan in 1930
disappeared before 1958.
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
- First Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, CO
- A 10-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1928
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
- 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.
- 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 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 installed by Deagan in 1928
has disappeared, along with the tower which housed it.
This site is identified in the database as
KANSAS CITY - HC : 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
- Lakewood Methodist Church, Lakewood, NY
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
was replaced by an electronic system decades ago.
- Plymouth Congregational 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 - MO
- 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
- First Methodist Church, Long Beach, CA
- A 16-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1926
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 installed by Deagan in 1926
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 installed by Deagan in 1947
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 about 12 tubes,
which is presumed to have been made by U.S.Tubular.
(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.
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 installed by Deagan in 1943
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 installed by Deagan in 1927
has disappeared.
- House of God (Children's Home), Mooseheart, IL
- A dual 32-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1950
was scrapped about 1970.
- 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
- 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
- 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 c..
- 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.
- 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
- 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 1927-28
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.
- 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
- 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 installed by Deagan 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
- 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 by fire in 1970.
- 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;
is 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 installed by Deagan in 1927
was scrapped in 1955.
- Central Presbyterian Church, Zanesville, OH
- A 12-note instrument installed by Deagan in 1922
was replaced by an eletronic system in 1955.
The timber frame remains in the belfry, but the tubes 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
This page was created 2004/04/26 and last revised 2008/02/19.