The large brick church was built on the town square in 1877, built around the 1834 frame church and retaining its ceiling, which was subsequently dismanted from the inside out. The 1899 Steere cost $2250 plus $150 for an electric motor (presumably to power the feeder bellows), minus a $100 credit for the old organ (unknown maker). The organ was electrified with a remote stoptab console at an unknown date but presumably the late 1940s. The church was redecorated about this time and the center of the organ facade was covered with drapery, but at some point after a 1961 photo, this drapery concoction was removed, and the original facade with shortened center pipes is seen in an Easter 1971 photo-- the last Sunday in the old church before it was demolished for urban renewal and an arterial highway that ran through this section of town and consummed everything in its path. The renamed United Methodist Church built a new contemporary structure at the outskirts of town in North Hornell, dedicated ca. 1972. The Steere organ was reported to have been moved without change to the new building by the Peckham company of Elmira. Further research is required to determine if the organ still exists or has removed.

The entire organ was enclosed in a single Swell enclosure except for the unenclosed Great 8' Diapason and Pedal Sub Bass.