Tiffany Census

First Congregational Church, Dudley, 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:	21.8.1
Rating:	0 stars
Other name(s):	Conant Memorial Church
Address:	135 Center Road
Location:	Dudley, Massachusetts 01571, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.04581, -71.93052
Tiffany 1910:	Page 66
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 41
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1890-1891 [SOUV1893]
Architect:	C.F. Wilcox [WDS1891, SOUV1893]
Also of interest:

Site Items

21.8.1.1:	Conant Memorial Window: The Peacemakers (1891) (Largely destroyed)
21.8.1.2:	ornamental windows (1891) (Extant)

Item 21.8.1.1

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

Status:	Largely destroyed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Conant Memorial Window
Theme:	The Peacemakers [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 66
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 41
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WDS1891, SOUV1893]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Roger Conant (ca. 1592 - 1679) [WDS1891, WIKI]
Donor:	descendant, Hezekiah Conant [WDS1891]
Date:	Dedicated 17 Dec 1891 (with building) [WDS1891]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	LET YOUR LIGHT / SO SHINE BEFORE / MEN, THAT THEY / MAY SEE YOUR / GOOD WORKS / AND / GLORIFY YOUR / FATHER IN HEAVEN / MAT : V 16 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Historic Figure
Location:	chancel [PHOTO, WDS1891, SOUV1893]
Comment:	Largely destroyed by microburst, 8 Jun 1946 [ORG, WT2009]
	What remained of left panel discovered in barn ca. 2024 and restored by Stained Glass Resources [DG2025]

Item 21.8.1.2

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

Status:	Extant [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 66
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 41
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WDS1891, SOUV1893]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Hezekiah Conant [WDS1891]
Date:	Dedicated 17 Dec 1891 (with building) [WDS1891]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	transepts [WDS1891, SOUV1893]

References

DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DG2025:	David Giovaninni (Stained Glass Resources, Hampden, MA), personal communication (6 Jan 2025)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SOUV1893:	A Sourvenir of the Conant Memorial Church, Hezekiah Conant (1893, p. 26, 28, 37)
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)
WDS1891:	Worcester Daily Spy (18 Dec 1891, p. 1)
WIKI:	Wikipedia
WT2009:	Webster Times (9 Jan 2009, p. 3)