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Church Glass and Decorating Company Census

All Angels' Church, Manhattan, New York City, New York

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 1.1.10
Rating: Nothing
Address: 428 West End Avenue
Location: Manhattan, New York City, New York 10024, USA
Lat/Lng: 40.7855, -73.98007
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Demolished
Building date: 1888-1890 [A2Z2004]
Architect: Samuel B. Snook [A2Z2004]
Comment: Calvert & Kimberly was contracted to make all of the windows except possibly the Weeks Memorial [CK1904]
Church demolished 1979 [NYT1979, A2Z2004]
Christie's auctioned the contents of the church, 30 Nov 1978 [CHR1978]
Christie's misidentifed the Church Glass windows and reredos as having been made by Tiffany Studios [CHR1978]
Hudson "Gene" Holloway, of Tampa, FL, owner of the Sea Wolf restaurant, bought the Church Glass and Decorating Company windows [LC1979]
Chris Myers, of Ybor City, FL, bought them from Holloway at an auction at Higgenbotham Antiques in Lakeland, FL, in 1985 [TTM1985]
See also: Tiffany Census

Site Items

1.1.10.1: Hoffman Memorial Reredos: Ascension (1900) (Unknown) item has a photo
1.1.10.2: Ingersoll Memorial Window: St. Agnes (1902) (Removed) item has a photo
1.1.10.3: Dimond Memorial Window: Madonna (1902) (Removed) item has a photo
1.1.10.4.a: Tilford Memorial Window: Anna (1902) (Removed) item has a photo
1.1.10.4.b: Tilford Memorial Window: Simeon (1902) (Removed) item has a photo
1.1.10.5: Kinnan Memorial Window: Faith (1902) (Removed) item has a photo
1.1.10.6: Weeks Memorial Window: St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Removed) item has a photo

Item 1.1.10.1

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Hoffman Memorial Reredos:  Ascension Hoffman Memorial Reredos:  Ascension
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Unknown
Memorial name: Hoffman Memorial Reredos
Theme: Ascension [NYTR1900, NYEP1900, NYT1901, NYH1901, PI1901B, PT1901, ARCH1901, CHU1902A, CHS1902, BG1978]
Signature:
Documentation: [NYTR1900, NYT1901, NYH1901, PI1901A, ARCH1901, CHU1902A, CHS1902, STUD1904, CHU1906A, CHU1906B, AR1906]
Designer: Violet Oakley [NYTR1900, NYT1901, NYH1901, PI1901A, PI1901B, PT1901, ARCH1901, CHU1902A, CHS1902, STUD1904, AAA1911]
Memorial details: Rev. Charles Frederick Hoffman (18 Nov 1830 - 4 Mar 1897) [NYT1900A, NYT1900B, NYTR1900, NYEP1900, NYH1901, PI1901A, CHU1902A, CHS1902, GCA1904, CHU1906A, CHU1906B, BG1978, CHR1978, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his wife, Eleanor Louisa Vail Hoffman [NYT1900A, NYTR1900, GCA1904, BG1978, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Unveiled All Saints' Day, 1 Nov 1900 [NYT1900B, NYTR1900, CHU1902A, TPT1974, BG1978]
Size: 11' high [PI1901A]
about 134" high x 100" wide [CHR1978]
Inscription:
Category: Ascension
Location: chancel [PHOTO, NYT1900A, NYT1900B, NYTR1900, NYEP1900, NYH1901, PI1901A, PI1901B, PT1901, CHU1902A, CHS1902, STUD1904]
Comment: Oakley, for Church Glass, also painted, and signed, two large murals, "The Heavenly Host", unveiled 25 Dec 1901, located on either side of the mosaic [NYTR1900, NYT1901, NYH1901, PI1901A, PI1901B, PI1901C, PT1901, CHU1902A, CHS1902, AR1902, STUD1904, CHU1906A, AR1906, CHR1978]

Item 1.1.10.2

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Ingersoll Memorial Window:  St. Agnes
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CHR1978, LC1979]
Memorial name: Ingersoll Memorial Window
Theme: St. Agnes [STUD1904, BG1978]
Annunciation [CHR1978]
Signature:
Documentation: [BAC1902, CGDC1905]
Designer: Violet Oakley [PI1901A, PI1901B, PT1901, BAC1902, CK1904, STUD1904, AAA1911]
Memorial details: Imogene Thurman Ingersoll (5 Jul 1846 - 19 May 1900) [INSCRIPTION, BG1978, CHR1978]
Donor:
Date: Installed 1901 [TPT1974]
Installed 1902 [BG1978]
Size: 132" high x 19" wide [CHR1978]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, BG1978, CHR1978]
Inscription: My soul / doth magnify the Lord / and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour // To the Glory of God / and in Memory of / Imogene Thurman Ingersoll / Born July 5 1846 / Died May 19 1900 [PHOTO]
Category: St. Agnes
Location: south choir transept [TPT1974, BG1978]

Item 1.1.10.3

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Dimond Memorial Window:  Madonna
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CHR1978, LC1979]
Memorial name: Dimond Memorial Window
Theme: Madonna [STUD1904, BG1978]
Nativity [CHR1978]
Signature:
Documentation: [BAC1902, CGDC1905]
Designer: Violet Oakley [PI1901A, PI1901B, PT1901, BAC1902, CK1904, STUD1904, AAA1911]
Memorial details: Thomas Harold Dimond (29 Aug 1885 - 5 Apr 1888) [INSCRIPTION, BG1978, CHR1978]
Donor:
Date: Installed 1901 [TPT1974]
Installed 1902 [BG1978]
Size: 132" high x 19" wide [CHR1978]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, BG1978, CHR1978]
Inscription: And the Word was / made flesh and dwelt among / us and we beheld His glory the glory / as of the only begotten of the Father // To the Glory of God / and in Memory of / Thomas Harold Dimond / Born August 29 1885 / Entered into Rest April 5 1888 [PHOTO]
Category: Nativity
Location: south choir transept [TPT1974, BG1978]

Item 1.1.10.4.a

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Tilford Memorial Window:  Anna
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Status: Removed [CHR1978, LC1979]
Memorial name: Tilford Memorial Window
Theme: Anna [STUD1904, BG1978]
Presentation I [CHR1978]
Signature:
Documentation: [BAC1902, CGDC1905]
Designer: Violet Oakley [PI1901A, PI1901B, PT1901, BAC1902, CK1904, STUD1904, AAA1911]
Memorial details: Jane (Jeannette) Tilford (Feb 1818 - 6 Oct 1889) [INSCRIPTION, BG1978, CHR1978, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her son, Frank L. Tilford [CHU1906C, DEDUCED]
Date: Installed 1901 [TPT1974]
Installed 1902 [BG1978]
Size: 132" high x 19" wide [CHR1978]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, BG1978, CHR1978]
Inscription: *** // To the Glory of God / and in Memory of / Jane Tilford / Born February 1818 / Died October 1889 [PHOTO]
Category: Presentation in the Temple
Location: south choir transept [TPT1974, BG1978]

Item 1.1.10.4.b

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Tilford Memorial Window:  Simeon
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CHR1978, LC1979]
Memorial name: Tilford Memorial Window
Theme: Simeon [STUD1904, BG1978]
Presentation II [CHR1978]
Signature: Church Glass and Decorating Co., New York [BG1978]
Documentation: [BAC1902, CGDC1905]
Designer: Violet Oakley [PI1901A, PI1901B, PT1901, BAC1902, CK1904, STUD1904, AAA1911]
Memorial details: John Mason Tilford (Mar 1816 - 7 Jan 1891) [INSCRIPTION, BG1978, CHR1978, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his son, Frank L. Tilford [CHU1906C, DEDUCED]
Date: Installed 1901 [TPT1974]
Installed 1902 [BG1978]
Size: 132" high x 19" wide [CHR1978]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, BG1978, CHR1978]
Inscription: Lord now lettest Thou / Thy servant depart in peace / according to Thy word for mine / eyes have seen Thy Salvation // To the Glory of God / and in Memory of / John M Tilford / Born March 1816 / Died January 1891 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category: Presentation in the Temple
Location: south choir transept [TPT1974, BG1978]

Item 1.1.10.5

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Kinnan Memorial Window:  Faith
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Status: Removed [CHR1978, LC1979]
Memorial name: Kinnan Memorial Window
Theme: Faith [STUD1904, BG1978]
Psalm 18:28 [CHR1978]
Signature:
Documentation: [DEDUCED]
Designer: Violet Oakley [CHU1902B, CK1904, STUD1904, AAA1911]
Memorial details: Margaret Jane Ostrander Kinnan (11 Jun 1833 - 7 Mar 1898) [CHU1902B, BG1978, CHR1978, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her son, Alexander Phoenix Waldron Kinnan [CHU1902B, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Installed ca. Jun 1902 [CHU1902B]
Size: 132" high x 19" wide [CHR1978]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, BG1978, CHR1978]
Inscription:
Category: Faith
Location: south wall of the nave [BG1978]

Item 1.1.10.6

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Weeks Memorial Window:  St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CHR1978, LC1979]
Memorial name: Weeks Memorial Window
Theme: St. Elizabeth of Hungary [BG1978]
Isaiah 41:13 [CHR1978]
Signature:
Documentation: [DEDUCED]
Designer: Violet Oakley [BG1978]
Memorial details: Alethea Hyde White Weeks (29 Oct 1826 - 12 May 1901) [BG1978, CHR1978, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date:
Size: 132" high x 19" wide [CHR1978]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, BG1978, CHR1978]
Inscription:
Category: St. Elizabeth
Location: south wall of the nave [BG1978]

References

A2Z2004: From Abyssinian to Zion, A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship, David W. Dunlap (2004, p. 9)
AAA1911: American Art Annual (1911, Vol. IX, p. 22)
AR1902: Architectural Record (May 1902, p. 106-108)
AR1906: Architectural Record (Church Glass and Decorating Company advertisement) (Jul 1906)
ARCH1901: Catalogue of the Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1901, p. 25)
BAC1902: Catalogue of the Architectural Exhibition, Boston Architectural Club (1902, p. 28)
BG1978: Violet Oakley's Stained Glass Windows (unpublished paper), Barbara Gallati (1978, p. 49)
CGDC1905: Artists in English and American Glass, Mosaics and Metals, Church Glass and Decorating Company (1905)
CHR1978: Christie's, New York (annotated copy courtesy of Hope College, Michigan) (30 Nov 1978)
CHS1902: The Church Standard (4 Jan 1902, p. 375-376)
CHU1902A: The Churchman (11 Jan 1902, p. 47-50)
CHU1902B: The Churchman (14 Jun 1902, p. 773)
CHU1906A: The Churchman (14 Apr 1906, p. 591)
CHU1906B: The Churchman (21 Apr 1906, cover)
CHU1906C: The Churchman (Church Glass and Decorating Company advertisement) (1 Sep 1906)
CK1904: Calvert & Kimberly leaflet, "O Ye Heavens and the Earth Praise Ye the Lord" (1904)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
GCA1904: The Globe and Commercial Advertiser (10 Sep 1904, p. 9)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
LC1979: The Living Church (4 Feb 1979, p. 6)
NYEP1900: New York Evening Post (20 Oct 1900, p. 21)
NYH1901: New York Herald (30 Dec 1901, p. 13)
NYT1900A: New York Times (25 Mar 1900, p. 14)
NYT1900B: New York Times (27 Oct 1900, p. 9)
NYT1901: New York Times (31 Dec 1901, p. 6)
NYT1979: New York Times (20 Jul 1979, p. B3)
NYTR1900: New York Daily Tribune (21 Oct 1900, p. 8)
PHOTO: Photo of item
PI1901A: Philadelphia Inquirer (3 Feb 1901, p. 11)
PI1901B: Philadelphia Inquirer (13 Oct 1901, p. 10)
PI1901C: Philadelphia Inquirer (15 Dec 1901, p. 4)
PT1901: The Philadelphia Times (8 Dec 1901, p. 12)
STUD1904: The Studio (15 Aug 1904, Vol. 32, p. 360)
TPT1974: Trumpet (All Angels' newsletter), The Origins of All Angels' Church, Part XIV, Edgar K. Byham (Oct 1974, p. 5-6)
TTM1985: The Tampa Tribune Mail (4 Sep 1985, p. 1)

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