B.B. Whitehouse
B.B. Whitehouse, later known as Whitehouse Brothers, were organ builders based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[1]
History
[edit]The firm was founded in the early 1900s by Benjamin Burton Whitehouse junior and Joseph Howell Whitehouse.[1][2]
Commissioned organs
[edit]- St. Marks Church, Warwick, 1923 (pencil drawing of organ amongst plans owned by Conrad Dornbusch (architect in Warwick) who designed the organ loft for that church in 1923 (Dornbusch collection, held by R. Wood, Sydney, 2020).
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Woolloongabba (1930)[3]
- First Church of Christ, Scientist, Brisbane (1940)[4]
- St Ignatius Loyola Church, Toowong (1959)[5]
- Wynnum Baptist Church (1952), relocated in 1993 to St Paul's Anglican Church, East Brisbane[6]
- Christ Church, Milton (prior to 1984)[7]
- Corpus Christi Church, Nundah[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rushworth Graeme D "Historic Organs of New South Wales", Hale & Iremonger, 1988.
- ^ Boughen, Robert K., "Whitehouse, Joseph Howell (1874–1954)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, archived from the original on 31 July 2021, retrieved 31 July 2021
- ^ "Holy Trinity Anglican Church (entry 601875)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "First Church of Christ, Scientist, Brisbane (entry 650017)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola (entry 602532)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "St Paul's Anglican Church and Columbarium (entry 602826)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Christ Church (entry 600252)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Corpus Christi Church (entry 601460)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.