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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (San Luis Obispo, California)

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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in San Luis Obispo, California

... that the pipe organ of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in San Luis Obispo, California, was donated by Phoebe Hearst, mother of William Randolph Hearst?

Source: "Phoebe Apperson Hearst died on April 13, 1919.

She was one of America’s greatest philanthropists, having given away more than $21 million to educa- tional and charitable causes. She was instrumental in the founding of the Parent Teachers Association as a national movement. She also successfully pro- moted kindergartens as an aspect of American edu- cation. She helped many causes on the Central Coast. She gave a pipe organ to her parish when in residence at the Rancho Piedra Blanca: St. Ste- phen's Episcopal Church in San Luis Obispo"

https://southcountyhistory.org/Newsletters/June2020.pdf (Page 5). An archived 1986 San Luis Obispo Tribune article by Dr. Dan Kreiger

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