| Site Id: |
2.1.21 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Other name(s): |
First Reformed Dutch Church |
| Address: |
729 Carroll Street |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11215, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
40.67351, -73.97647 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 15 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 13 |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1891 [EAGLE1891, NYS1891, NYH1891A, NYH1891B] |
| Architect: |
George L. Morse [AIA1978] |
| Also of interest: |
1891 Schenck Memorial Window, "Sower", by Heinigke & Bowen [EAGLE1891, NYH1891A, NYS1891] |
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1891 Van Orden Memorial Window, "Good Shepherd", by Heinigke & Bowen [EAGLE1891, NYH1891A, NYS1891] |
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1891 Lott Memorial Window, "The Vineyard", by Heinigke & Bowen [EAGLE1891, NYH1891A, NYS1891] |
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1891 Mason Memorial Window, "Christ Healing the Sick", designed by William Willet, and made by Heuser & Hausleiter [EAGLE1891, BIAS1892, ORG] |
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1891 Rickerson window, "Rest", by Edward Colgate [EAGLE1891, NYS1891] |
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1892 Spence Memorial Window, "The Resurrection", probably designed by William Willet, and made by Heuser & Hausleiter [BIAS1892, EAGLE1892, ORG] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Cortelyou Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Parable of the Talents [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 15 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 13 |
| Signature: |
probably not signed [ORG] |
| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, HIST1896] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Jacques Cortelyou [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, HIST1896, ORG] |
| Donor: |
his children [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, ORG] |
| Date: |
In place in church when that was dedicated on 27 Sep 1891 [EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
IN MEMORY OF / JACQUES CORTELYOU / ERECTED BY / HIS CHILDREN / HIS LORD SAID / UNTO HIM WELL / DONE THOU GOOD / AND FAITHFUL / SERVANT THOU / HAST BEEN FAITH- / FUL OVER A FEW / THINGS I WILL / MAKE THEE RULER / OVER MANY THINGS / ENTER THOU INTO / THE JOY OF THY / LORD ST MATTHEW / XXV 21 [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Parable of the Talents |
| Location: |
south transept [ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 (p. 78) quotes an edited extract of the 1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle article which mentions the window, and a Brooklyn Standard Union article [EAGLE1891, TIFF1897] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Kissam Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Christ and the Woman of Samaria [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 15 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 13 |
| Signature: |
not signed [ORG] |
| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, HIST1896] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
George Kissam (10 Sep 1810 - 16 Dec 1889) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, HIST1896, ORG, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Phebe Ryerson Kissam [EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, ORG] |
| Date: |
In place in church when that was dedicated on 27 Sep 1891 [EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO / HER WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THIS / WATER SHALL THIRST AGAIN / BUT WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THE / WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM / SHALL NEVER THIRST BUT THE WATER THAT I / SHALL GIVE HIM SHALL BE IN HIM A / WELL OF WATER SPRINGING UP INTO / EVERLASTING LIFE JOHN IV 14-15 // IN LOVING MEMORY / GEORGE KISSAM DECEMBER 16 1889 [PHOTO, EAGLE1891] |
| Category: |
Woman of Samaria |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 (p. 78) quotes an edited extract of the 1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle article which mentions the window, and a Brooklyn Standard Union article [EAGLE1891, TIFF1897] |
| AIA1978: |
AIA Guide to New York City, Norval White and Elliot Willensky (1978, p. 429) |
| BIAS1892: |
Catalog of the first annual exhibition of the Department of Architecture of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (1892, p. 7) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1891: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (27 Sep 1891, p. 9) |
| EAGLE1892: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (18 Apr 1892, p. 4) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HIST1896: |
History of the First Reformed Church of Brooklyn (1896, p. 76 and 77) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYH1891A: |
New York Herald (20 Sep 1891, Brooklyn Supplement) |
| NYH1891B: |
New York Herald (27 Sep 1891, Brooklyn Supplement) |
| NYS1891: |
New York Sun (28 Sep 1891, p. 2) |
| NYT1891: |
New York Times (25 Sep 1891, p. 9) |
| 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) |
