First Presbyterian Church

321 West First Avenue
(mailing: P.O. Box 63)
Miller, SD 57362


Builder: M.P. Möller Organ Co., Op. 7889, 1949.
2013: J. F. Nordlie Co. renovation
Manuals: 2
Ranks: 9
Action: Electro-pneumatic

Notes:Installed by Eugene Doutt. Information from church organist, 2020.

GREAT ORGAN
16' Gamba
8' Diapason
8' Gedeckt
8' Gamba
4' Octave
4' Flute
4' Fugara
2.2/3' Viole Twelfth
2' Viole Fifteenth
    Mixture III
8' Fagotto

SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon
8' Gedeckt
8' Gamba
8' Celeste
4' Flute
4' Fugara
2.2/3' Flute Twelfth
2' Flautino
16' Fagotto
8' Fagotto
4' Clarion
    Tremolo

PEDAL ORGAN
32' Resultant
16' Bourdon
16' Gedeckt
8' Diapason
8' Flute
4' Octave
4' Flute
8' Fagotto
4' Clarion

Notes: On June 25, 1882, the First Presbyterian Church of Miller was organized. In October of 1882 plans were made for a church building with an anteroom over which a steeple and belfry were to be placed. The lumber arrived the following May, and work was begun at once. The original cost of the building was $2,050.00, and was dedicated July 8, 1883, unencumbered by debt.

A second church building was erected on the site of the old one in 1928, and was dedicated June 15, 1930. The building that was constructed in 1928 is the building that has housed our church ever since. The last mortgage for this building was paid off and burned in a ceremony November 18, 1945. Anniversary services were held on the 50th, 60th and 65th anniversaries of the founding of the church.

Important events in the years following the erection of the second building include the entertainment of more than two hundred delegates at Synod in 1931, and the purchase of a Moller pipe organ, dedicated November 13, 1949.

In 2013 the existing basement remodeling and the "new" basement area were completed, providing additional and more serviceable Sunday School, choir and meeting rooms along with a wonderful Library Room.

Over the years, nearly 2,000 people have become members of this worshipping and praying community.

Organ Historical Society as of 2020