MOUNT SAINT FRANCIS
The late Bob Lillie sitting at the Wurlitzer at the Mount Saint Francis theatre
Pikes Peak Area Theatre Organ Society Organ - Mt. St. Francis
Auditorium - The Pikes Peak Area Theatre Organ Society club organ is a
combined Wurlitzer style E special, 3 manual, 9 ranks, opus 1032,
originally installed in the Isis Theatre, Boulder, CO in 1925 along
with a Wurlitzer style 3, 2 manual, 7 ranks, opus 127, originally
installed in the Iris Theatre, Detroit, MI in 1917. The combined
instrument is a 3 manual, 20 rank, mostly Wurlitzer playing from the 3
manual style 260 console from the Denver Theatre, Denver, CO. It is
installed in the Mt. St. Francis auditorium built in the 1920's by the
Woodmen of the World as part of a tubercular sanitarium now owned and
operated as a religious retreat and care facility by the Sisters of
Saint Francis.