| Site Id: |
13.14.1 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Address: |
784 Sheridan Road |
| Location: |
Winnetka, Illinois 60093, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
42.11254, -87.73155 |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1905 [CDN1905, CDT1905, IO1905, WDS1905, CHU1905, LC1906] |
| Architect: |
William A. Otis [CHU1905, LC1906, ORG] |
| Comment: |
The entire church was in memory of Mrs. Fox and her three children, mostly funded by her parents, William Melancton Hoyt and Emilie J. Landon Hoyt [ORG, CDN1905, CDT1905, IO1905, WDS1905, CHU1905, LC1906, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Memorial name: |
Fox Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Christ Blessing Children [PHOTO] |
| Signature: |
|
| Documentation: |
[LC1906] |
| Memorial details: |
Emilie Lydia Hoyt Fox (11 Jul 1867 - 30 Dec 1903), George Sidney Fox (19 Sep 1888 - 30 Dec 1903), William Hoyt Fox (12 Mar 1891 - 30 Dec 1903) and Emilie Lydia Fox (9 Jun 1894 - 30 Dec 1903) [WDS1905, LC1906, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
her brothers, Nelson Landon Hoyt and Phelps Buttolph Hoyt [LC1906, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Nov 1905 [WDS1905, CHU1905, DEDUCED] |
| Lancets: |
4 [PHOTO, WDS1905] |
| Inscription: |
On plaque underneath window: THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED SISTER AND HER CHILDREN [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Christ Blessing Children |
| Location: |
chancel [PHOTO, LC1906] |
| Comment: |
Mrs. Fox and her children died in the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, fire of 30 Dec 1903 [LC1906] |
| CDN1905: |
Chicago Daily News (13 Nov 1905, p. 14) |
| CDT1905: |
Chicago Daily Tribune (13 Nov 1905, p. 11) |
| CHU1905: |
The Churchman (25 Nov 1905, p. 858) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| IO1905: |
Daily Inter Ocean (13 Nov 1905, p. 7) |
| LC1906: |
Living Church (2 Jun 1906, p. 180) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| WDS1905: |
Waukegan Daily Sun (6 Nov 1905, p. 4) |