Trinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1853 when a few members of Zion Lutheran Church in

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, decided to start a new congregation. Reverend J. C. Lindemann was the first pastor at Trinity. The current building used for worship was built in 1873 at the corner of Lorain Avenue and West 30th Street. In 1956, the church became well known because of the Beckerath organ installed in that year. The organ was built in

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, by

Rudolf von Beckerath Rudolf von Beckerath (19 February 1907 – 22 November 1976) was a German master organ builder. He was born in Munich, to the painter Willy von Beckerath, but grew up in Hamburg, where his family moved the year he was born. He initially pur ...

, a famous organ builder. It was the first "modern, encased mechanical-action instrument with traditional classical voicing" to be installed in America. Trinity is a member of the

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Beckerath Organ at Trinity
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