First Congregational Church of Chatham

Delphi was awarded this historic renovation project by the building committee at First Congregational Church in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.

The project involved building a new organ chamber for the church’s rare custom-built organ, improved handicap accessibility with the addition of a multi-stop elevator, new bathrooms, expanded administration offices and new robing room in the sacristy.

The construction work included a massive underpinning effort to shore up the 1830 structure while excavating to a depth of 24’ to introduce footings for the organ chamber addition and to accommodate the required elevator shaft. The organ itself, valued at nearly $1m was painstakingly disassembled and trucked to Quebec for cleaning and restoration before being returned and installed in its new location.