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Church Glass and Decorating Company Census

St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Springfield, Massachusetts

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: 21.36.11
Rating: 1 star
Other name(s): Memorial Church
Address: 22 St. George Road
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts 01104, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.11086, -72.60301
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:

Site Items

21.36.11.1: Kinsman Memorial Window: Valiant Woman (1905) (Extant)
21.36.11.2: Atwater Memorial Window: landscape (1907) (Extant)

Item 21.36.11.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name: Kinsman Memorial Window
Theme: Valiant Woman [SDR1905A, CE1906]
Signature:
Documentation: [SDR1905A, CE1906]
Memorial details: Addie L. Dow Kinsman (18 Jun 1844 - 3 Dec 1891) [SDR1905A, SDR1905B, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her husband, Warren D.Kinsman [SDR1905A, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Installed Apr 1905 [SDR1905A]
Dedicated Easter Sunday, 23 Apr 1905 [SDR1905A, SDR1905B]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO, SDR1905A, CE1906]
Inscription:
Category: Valiant Woman
Location: easterly side of church [SDR1905A]

Item 21.36.11.2

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name: Atwater Memorial Window
Description: landscape [PHOTO]
Signature:
Documentation: [SDR1906, SWR1906, SDR1907A, AR1907]
Designer: Russell Sturgis Foot [SDR1906, SWR1906, SDR1907A]
Memorial details: George Merwin Atwater (29 Oct 1814 - 14 Jan 1902) [INSCRIPTION, SDR1905B, SDR1906, SDR1907A, SDR1907B, AR1907, FINDAGRAVE]
and also Harriet Romeyn Brodhead Atwater (8 Aug 1826 - 13 Jan 1900) [INSCRIPTION, SDR1906, SDR1907A, SDR1907B, AR1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: their daughter, Harriet Brodhead Atwater (Mrs. George Walton) Green [INSCRIPTION, SDR1905B, SDR1906, SWR1906, SDR1907A, SDR1907B, AR1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Ordered ca. Dec 1906 [SDR1906, SWR1906]
Installed 16 May 1907 [SDR1907A]
Dedicated 2 Jun 1907 [SDR1907B]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO, SDR1907A, AR1907]
Inscription: ERECTED BY THEIR DAVGHTER / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / GEORGE MERWIN ATWATER - 1814 - 1902 / AND OF / HARRIET ROMEYN ATWATER - 1826 - 1900 // BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO WALKETH / NOT IN THE COVNSEL OF THE VNGODLY. / HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED / BY THE RIVERS OF WATER. // HIS LEAF ALSO / SHALL NOT WITHER, AND / WHATSOEVER HE DOETH / SHALL PROSPER. (inscription panels have been removed from window) [PHOTO, SDR1907A, AR1907]
Category: Landscape
Location: west side of church [SDR1907A]
Comment: A panel of the window was destroyed 5 Aug 2005, and the window was restored by Rohlf's Stained & Leaded Glasses [SR2005]

References

AR1907: Architectural Record (Aug 1907, Vol. XXII, No. 2)
CE1906: The Church Economist (May 1906, cover)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
PHOTO: Photo of item
SDR1905A: Springfield Daily Republican (22 Apr 1905, p. 13)
SDR1905B: Springfield Daily Republican (24 Apr 1905, p. 4)
SDR1906: Springfield Daily Republican (6 Dec 1906, p. 10)
SDR1907A: Springfield Daily Republican (17 May 1907, p. 6)
SDR1907B: Springfield Daily Republican (3 Jun 1907, p. 12)
SR2005: Springfield Republican (10 Oct 2005, p. B3)
SWR1906: Springfield Weekly Republican (13 Dec 1906, p. 16)

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