| Site Id: | 3.16.1 |
| Rating: | 2 stars |
| Address: | One Symphony Circle |
| Location: | Buffalo, New York 14201, USA |
| Lat/Lng: | 42.90141, -78.88174 |
| Tiffany 1910: | Page 20 |
| Duncan 1980: | Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: | Page 14 |
| Tiffany 1893: | Listed |
| Tiffany 1886: | Not listed |
| Completeness: | Medium |
| Building status: | Extant |
| Building date: | 1889-1897 [BAH2011] |
| Architect: | Green & Wicks [BSME1889] |
| Also of interest: | ca. 1892 Sherman Memorial Window, "Resurrection", by Mary Tillinghast [BC1891, BE1891] |
| 1894 "In My House are Many Mansions", by Mary Tillinghast [SIGNATURE, WEB] |
| 3.16.1.1: | Clarke Memorial Window: Communion (1892) (Extant) |
| 3.16.1.2: | Mitchell Memorial Window: Angel Faces (1892) (Unknown) |
| 3.16.1.3: | Memorial Window: St. Luke (Extant) |
| 3.16.1.4: | White Memorial Window: Ascension (Unknown) |
| 3.16.1.5: | Merrill Memorial Window: Christ the King (1912) (Extant) |
| 3.16.1.6: | Mitchell Memorial Window: New Jerusalem (1917) (Extant) |
| 3.16.1.7: | Mitchell Memorial Window: medallion windows (1925) (Extant) |
| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Clarke Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Communion [BAH2011] |
| Description: | ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Page 20 |
| Duncan 1980: | Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: | Page 14 |
| Signature: | |
| Other documentation: | |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Rev. Walter Clarke (5 April 1812 - 23 May 1871) [INSCRIPTION, BC1891, BE1891] |
| Donor: | parishioners and friends [INSCRIPTION, BC1891] |
| Date: | ca. 1892 [BC1891] |
| Inscription: | IN LIFE I PREACHED CHRIST // REV WALTER CLARKE D.D. BORN IN MIDDLETOWN CONN. APRIL 5, 1812, / INSTALLED PASTOR OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BUFFALO, / APRIL 1861 WHERE HE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS WORK MAY 23, 1871 / THIS TRIBUTE IS PLACED HERE BY LOVING PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS / "FOR A MEMORIAL IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD" ZECH.6.14. [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Ornamental |
| Status: | Unknown |
| Confidence: | Medium |
| Memorial name: | Mitchell Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Angel Faces [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Page 20 |
| Duncan 1980: | Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: | Page 14 |
| Signature: | |
| Other documentation: | |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Victor Mitchell, son of the pastor Rev. Dr. Samuel S. Mitchell [BC1891] |
| Donor: | the congregation [BC1891] |
| Date: | ca. 1892 [BC1891] |
| Inscription: | |
| Category: | Angel Faces |
| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Memorial Window |
| Theme: | St. Luke [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Page 20 |
| Duncan 1980: | Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: | Page 14 |
| Signature: | |
| Other documentation: | |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | |
| Donor: | |
| Date: | |
| Inscription: | THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED PROV. 10:7 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | St. Luke |
| Location: | in office area behind pulpit [WEB] |
| Status: | Unknown |
| Confidence: | Low |
| Memorial name: | White Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Ascension [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Page 20 |
| Duncan 1980: | Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | |
| Other documentation: | |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | |
| Donor: | |
| Date: | |
| Inscription: | |
| Category: | Ascension |
| Comment: | There is an 1892 Ascension window by Edwin Ford in the church in memory of George Clinton White, but it seems unlikely that Tiffany had anything to do with it [IBE1892, DEDUCED] |
| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Merrill Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Christ the King [BAH2011] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
| Other documentation: | |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Ira Merrill (1796-1873) and Lucy Merrill (1800-1868) [INSCRIPTION] |
| Donor: | |
| Date: | Unveiled 1912 [INSCRIPTION] |
| Inscription: | IN MEMORY OF / IRA AND LUCY MERRILL / 1796-1873 1912 1800-1868 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Christ |
| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Mitchell Memorial Window |
| Theme: | New Jerusalem [BAH2011] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK 1917 [PHOTO] |
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| Other documentation: | |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Theresa Wierman Mitchell (1847-1915) [INSCRIPTION] |
| Donor: | |
| Date: | Signature 1917 [SIGNATURE] |
| Lancets: | 3 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: | AND HE SHOWED ME THE HOLY / CITY JERUSALEM COMING DOWN / OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD / HAVING THE GLORY OF GOD // IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / 1847 THERESA WIERMAN MITCHELL 1915 / BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD / THEY REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND THEIR / WORKS TO FOLLOW THEM // FOR THE EARTH SHALL BE FILLED / WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE / GLORY OF LORD AS / THE WATERS COVER THE SEA [PHOTO] |
| Category: | New Jerusalem; Landscape |
| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Mitchell Memorial Window |
| Description: | medallion windows [BC1925, BET1925] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | signed bottom right hand comer of the second lancet from the right [BAH2011] |
| Other documentation: | [BC1925, BET1925, BSE1926] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Rev. Samuel S. Mitchell, D.D. (16 Aug 1839 - 7 Jan 1919) [INSCRIPTION, BC1925, BET1925, BSE1926, WEB] |
| Donor: | |
| Date: | Installed ca. Dec 1925 [BC1925, BET1925] |
| Lancets: | 5 [PHOTO, BC1925, BET1925] |
| Inscription: | The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. // In loving and grateful memory of Samuel S. Mitchell, D.D., 1839-1919, minister of this church 1880-1904. // For He looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. [BC1925, BET1925] |
| Category: | Medallion |
| Location: | choir loft [BC1925, BET1925, PHOTO] |
| BAH2011: | Buffalo Architecture and History website (6 Nov 2011) |
| BC1891: | Buffalo Courier (28 Nov 1891, p. 6) |
| BC1925: | Buffalo Courier (16 Dec 1925, p. 3) |
| BE1891: | Buffalo Enquirer (28 Nov 1891, p. 5) |
| BET1925: | The Buffalo Evening Times (16 Dec 1925, p. 6) |
| BSE1926: | The Buffalo Sunday Express (31 Jan 1926, section 6, p. 4) |
| BSME1889: | Buffalo Sunday Morning Express (20 Oct 1889, p. 4) |
| DEDUCED: | Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: | Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| IBE1892: | The Illustrated Buffalo Express (27 Mar 1892, p. 4) |
| INSCRIPTION: | Inscription on item |
| PHOTO: | Photo of item |
| SIGNATURE: | Signature on 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) |
| WEB: | Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |