| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Balboa Park (San Diego, California, United States) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1935 (alteration); dedicated December 1914 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Albright, Harrison | en_US |
| dc.date | 1914 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-31T15:10:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-12-31T15:10:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1914 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 244700 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2935 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/153138 | |
| dc.description | Three quarter view of the organ house, from back and side, and connecting colonnade; houses meeting and dressing rooms; John D. and Adolph Spreckels donated the Spreckels Organ, one of the world's largest outdoor pipe organs, to the City of San Diego in 1914 for the Panama-California Exposition. This unique organ contains 4,530 pipes ranging in length from the size of a pencil to 32 feet and is housed in an ornate vaulted structure with highly embellished gables (which contain electric lighting for evening performances). Since 1917, San Diego has had a civic organist, who performs free weekly Sunday concerts. During the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition the stage size was doubled and a fountain added. The outdoor seating accommodates over 2,400. The sound is powered by a 20 HP blower housed in the basement, and can be heard for 3 miles. Source: Balboa Park (San Diego) [website]; http://www.balboapark.org/ (accessed 7/24/2013) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone; wood; plaster; cement | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | music | en_US |
| dc.subject | California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Performing arts | en_US |
| dc.subject | world's fairs | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Renaissance Revival | en_US |
| dc.title | Spreckels Organ Pavilion | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-US-SD-BP-I25 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | carving (processes), construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | band shell | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Harrison Albright (American architect, 1866-1933) | en_US |
