Organ recital at Asylum Avenue Baptist Church

1. A reception for McKinley followed the recital and was held in the parish house.
2. Also in the reception line were Frank B. Haggard, his wife, the deacons, and the deacons’ wives.
3. The church’s Woman’s Society served refreshments at this event.

1. The description of the program came from an article published on November 16, 1931. The article about the event did not list any of the individual pieces performed by McKinley, reporting only that he “played church music and other classics on the organ.”
2. This article is the first mention of the “new parish house” that I’ve found. The article described it as “abutting the church.”

There had been a youth banquet at the church last night as part of the dedicatory services.

This event was part of the dedicatory services the church held for its newly remodeling building.

1. Carl McKinley was the organist at Old South Church in Boston and former organist at Center Congregational Church in Hartford.
2. Frank B. Haggard was the pastor at Asylum Avenue Baptist Church.

Unattributed.  “Organ recital given by Carl McKinley at Baptist church,” Hartford Courant, November 19, 1931, page 13.

Unattributed.  “Rededication exercises to open today,” Hartford Courant, November 15, 1931, page B5.

Unattributed.  “To give organ recital at Asylum Ave Baptist,” Hartford Courant, November 16, 1931, page 19.