Tiffany Census

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Chicago, Illinois

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:	13.1.3
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	621 W. Belmont Avenue
Location:	Chicago, Illinois 60657, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.93985, -87.64516
Tiffany 1910:	Page 52
Duncan 1980:	Page 210
Tiffany 1897:	Page 33
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1894-1895 [ORG]
Architect:	William A. Otis [ORG]
Also of interest:

Site Items

13.1.3.1:	Emmons Memorial Window: Resurrection Angel (1895) (Removed)
13.1.3.2:	Emmons Memorial Window: Adoring Angel (1893) (Unknown)

Item 13.1.3.1

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Emmons Memorial Window: Resurrection Angel

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

Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Emmons Memorial Window (MacDonald Memorial Window)
Theme:	Resurrection Angel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 52
Duncan 1980:	Page 210
Tiffany 1897:	Page 33
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Mrs. H.H. Emmons [CDT1895, CHU1895]
Donor:	her sister, Mrs. Charles A. MacDonald [CDT1895]
Date:	In place when building opened Easter Sunday, 14 Apr 1895 [CDT1895, CHU1895]
Lancets:	5 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Angel of Resurrection
Location:	chancel [PHOTO]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call this the MacDonald (spelled as McDonald) Memorial Window because Mrs. MacDonald was the donor [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment:	Replaced with a Transfiguration window in 1949-1950 [ORG]

Item 13.1.3.2

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Emmons Memorial Window
Theme:	Adoring Angel [CHU1893]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CHU1893]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Mrs. H.H. Emmons [CHU1893]
Donor:	her sister, Mrs. Charles A. MacDonald [CHU1893, DEDUCED]
Date:	Installed ca. Mar 1893 [CHU1893]
Inscription:
Category:	Adoring Angels
Comment:	This window would have been originally located in the previous building for the congregation on the same site [DEDUCED]
	It is probably not the same as the Resurrection Angel window because that is based on a design of a window exhibited in the 1893 Chicago Exposition, which opened on 1 May 1893 [DEDUCED]

References

CDT1895:	Chicago Daily Tribune (14 Apr 1895, p. 35)
CHU1893:	The Churchman (1 Aor 1893, p. 456)
CHU1895:	The Churchman (27 Apr 1895, p. 602)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
TIFF1886:	Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893:	Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1897:	A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910:	A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)