photo by Michael Scanlon
February. Amy Beach’s Te Deum and Benedictus es were premiered at Emmanuel.
Palm Sunday. Beach’s anthem Let This Mind Be in You (op. 105) was first sung.
October 1. Lindsey Chapel, a memorial and gift of Leslie Lindsey’s parents, was consecrated.
25 Nov. William Lindsey, Jr. died before completion of his last and greatest creation, our Leslie Lindsey Memorial Chapel. He had been born to Maria and William Lindsey on 12 August 1858 in Fall River MA. He is buried in the Lindsey plot (6462) on Cherry Ave. in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. For his Horatio Alger story, see FindaGrave. His funeral was held here on 29 November. He was survived by his wife Anne Hawthorne Sheen (whom he had married in Fall River in 1884), their son Kenneth L. Lindsey and daughter Dorothy Lindsey, his sisters Ann & Eliza Lindsey, and his brother Dr. John H. Lindsey.
William & Leslie Hawthorne Lindsey on her wedding day at Emmanuel