Tiffany Census

Broome Country Courthouse, Binghamton, New York

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:	3.14.3
Rating:	0 stars
Address:	Court Street
Location:	Binghamton, New York 13901, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.09812, -75.91105
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1897-1898, with south wing added 1916-1917 [HABS1974]
Architect:	Isaac G. Perry [HABS1974]
Also of interest:

Site Items

3.14.3.1:

Phelps Memorial Tablet: Sienna marble with letters of glass mosaic inlay (1921) (Extant)

Item 3.14.3.1

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Phelps Memorial Tablet: Sienna marble with letters of glass mosaic inlay

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Phelps Memorial Tablet
Description:	Sienna marble with letters of glass mosaic inlay [BP1919A, BP1919B, BP1921A, BP1921B]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BP1919A, BP1919B, BP1919C, BP1921B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Captain John Case Phelps (29 Jun 1883 - 18 Oct 1918) [INSCRIPTION, BP1919A, BP1919B, BP1919C, BP1921A, BP1921B, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	members of the Broome County Bar Association [INSCRIPTION, BP1919A, BP1919B, BP1919C, BP1921A, BP1921B]
Date:	Dedicated 18 Oct 1921 [BP1921A, BP1921B]
Size:	2' high x 4' wide [BP1919A, PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN JOHN CASE PHELPS / COMPANY A, 309TH INFANTRY, 78TH DIVISION, / AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, / KILLED IN ACTION IN THE ARGONNE DRIVE / AT BOIS DES LOGES, FRANCE, / OCTOBER 18TH, 1918. // ERECTED BY BROOME COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION / OF WHICH HE WAS AN HONORED MEMBER [PHOTO]
Location:	east wall of the vestibule of the main entrance [LUND2020]
Comment:	In May 1919 the Broome County Bar Association considered adding the name of James Knight Nichols to the tablet [BP1919C]
	There is a 1919 Tiffany mosaic panel in memory of Phelps and Nichols and three others in United Presbyterian Church, Binghamton, NY (SITE:3.14.1) [DEDUCED]

References

BP1919A:	Binghamton Press (12 Feb 1919, p. 14)
BP1919B:	Binghamton Press (14 Feb 1919, p. 16)
BP1919C:	Binghamton Press (10 May 1919, p. 5)
BP1921A:	Binghamton Press (15 Oct 1921, p. 5)
BP1921B:	Binghamton Press (17 Oct 1921, p. 3)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HABS1974:	Historic American Buildings Survey (Apr 1974)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LUND2020:	Christopher Lund, personal communication (13 Oct 2020)
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)