The magnificent Casavant organ, built in Quebec, Canada by the Casavant Frères Organ Company over a three-year period at a cost of $175,000, has 67 ranks, 3,731 pipes, six divisions, four manuals, 53 stops and 56 registers. Casavant Frères is a Canadian organ building company in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Long church because the wealthy lumberman had contributed heavily to its growth and construction. The pool was filled in 1947 and converted to classroom space.
The second and third floors included classroom space, a prayer chapel, library and pastor’s study, the famous “salt-box” gym and a swimming pool. The new wing doubled the size of the first floor fellowship hall. The growing congregation sought additional space and a three-story education wing was added in 1909 at a cost of roughly $175,000, most of which was financed by Mr. Coombs, whose son later married Robert and Ella Long’s daughter Loula. Brooke was the first pastor and served five years. Photos courtesy of Independence Boulevard Christian Church and the Pipe Organ Database.ĭr. The magnificent structure was completed in September 1905.Ĭhancel and Facade: Photographs from Church and Sunday-School Buildingsīy P. A lighted dome rises over the sanctuary floor. The pews were hewn from solid Philippine mahogany and were placed on wall-to-wall carpeting. Inside, the circular sanctuary seats roughly 1,200 people and features a balcony around three sides. By that time, the firm was already a well-known commodity in Kansas City, having designed a number of downtown buildings, as well as homes for some of Kansas City’s most prominent residents.Ĭonstructed primarily of Bedford Bluff Limestone, IBCC’s design is pure Grecian style that features two north facing gables that resemble classic Greek temples, supported by massive limestone columns topped with ionic capitals.
Long hired the nationally renowned architectural firm of Howe, Hoit and Cutler to design the new building. Long pledged roughly $70,000 of the $125,000 for half of the construction costs. In 1902, one of the congregants, philanthropist and lumberman Robert Alexander Long purchased a lot at 2900 Independence Boulevard for $10,000 as the site for a new church building. The congregation of the Independence Boulevard Christian Church (IBCC) was established in 1886 and by the turn of the 20th century, its expanding membership was quickly outgrowing the original church building near present day Sixth and Prospect Avenue.
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