Tiffany Census

St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, 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:	3.16.6
Rating:	1 star
Address:	128 Pearl Street
Location:	Buffalo, New York 14202, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.88292, -78.87609
Tiffany 1910:	Page 21
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1850-1851 [HIST1903, NRHP1972]; 1888-1889 [HIST1903, NRHP1972]
Architect:	Richard M. Upjohn [HIST1903, NRHP1972]; Robert W. Gibson [HIST1903, NRHP1972]
Comment:	Building was seriously damaged by fire on 10 May 1888 [BE1888B]
Also of interest:

Site Items

3.16.6.1:	chancel window (Unknown)
3.16.6.2:	Stevenson Memorial Window: Flight of Angels (1889) (Removed)
3.16.6.3:	Richmond Memorial Window: The Supper at Emmaus (1930) (Extant)

Item 3.16.6.1

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Low
Memorial name:
Description:	chancel window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 21
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Location:	chancel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment:	The 1887 chancel window, destroyed by fire in 1888, was by Cox Sons, Buckley and Co. [HIST1903]
	After the 1888 fire, Tiffany was initially proposed to make a replacement but in the end, the current, 1889, chancel window is by Henry Holiday, so there was never a chancel window by Tiffany [HIST1903, BE1888B, DEDUCED]

Item 3.16.6.2

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

Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Stevenson Memorial Window
Theme:	Flight of Angels [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, BJ1889, BG1889, BCA1889, BET1889]
	Angelic Orchestra [ORG]
	Angelic Choir [BC1889B]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 21
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BC1889A, BC1889B, BJ1889, BG1889, BCA1889, BET1889, BSMN1889, HIST1903]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Amelia S. Geer Stevenson (18 Feb 1804 - 31 Aug 1886) [INSCRIPTION, BG1889, BET1889, HIST1903, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date:	Exhibited Jun 1889 [BCA1889, BET1889, BC1889B, BJ1889, BG1889]
	Installed by Sep 1889 [BSMN1889]
Size:	about 17' high x 2.5' wide [BG1889, BET1889]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Inscription:	IN MEMORIAM / AMELIA S STEVENSON [PHOTO, BJ1889, BG1889, HIST1903]
Category:	Angel; Music
Location:	east wall of the south transept, near the pulpit [HIST1903]
History:	Removed in 1925 and sold to the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Buffalo, NY (SITE:3.16.10) [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 (p. 77) quotes an extract from a Buffalo Express article saying the window is a "dream of beauty" [TIFF1897]
	Tiffany 1897 (p. 79) quotes an extract from a Buffalo (Boston?) Evening Traveler article saying the window is very beautiful [TIFF1897]
Comment:	Replaced the similarly designed Jan 1888 Stevenson Memorial Window, also by Tiffany, which was lost in the fire of May 1888 [BE1888A, BE1888B, BEN1888, BC1888, BCA1888, BC1889A, HIST1903]
	Replacement window exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, summer 1889 [BCA1889, BET1889, BC1889B]
Same as item:	3.16.10.1

Item 3.16.6.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Richmond Memorial Window
Theme:	The Supper at Emmaus [BEN1930, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BEN1930, LUSJ1930]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Jewett Melvin Richmond (9 Dec 1831 - 27 Mar 1899) and Geraldine Hull Rudderow Richmond (23 May 1840- 21 Jan 1925) [INSCRIPTION, BEN1930, LUSJ1930, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	their children, Lillian R. Richmond, Gerald H. Richmond and Edward S. Richmond [LUSJ1930]
Date:	Installed ca. Oct 1930 [BEN1930, LUSJ1930]
	Dedicated ca. Oct 1930 [BEN1930]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, BEN1930]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / JEWETT MELVIN RICHMOND / 1831-1899 // AND HIS WIFE / GERALDINE HULL RUDDEROW RICHMOND / 1840-1925 [PHOTO, LUSJ1930]
Category:	Emmaus
Location:	east transept above the side altar [BEN1930, LUSJ1930]

References

BC1888:	The Buffalo Courier (11 Jul 1888, p. 5)
BC1889A:	The Buffalo Courier (23 Jun 1889, p. 2)
BC1889B:	The Buffalo Courier (26 Jul 1889, p. 6)
BCA1888:	Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (11 Jul 1888, p. 3)
BCA1889:	Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (quoting Boston Traveller) (22 Jun 1889, p. 3)
BE1888A:	Buffalo Express (15 Jan 1888, p. 7)
BE1888B:	Buffalo Express (11 May 1888, p. 1)
BEN1888:	Buffalo Evening News (10 May 1888, p. 1)
BEN1930:	Buffalo Evening News (4 Oct 1930, p. 8)
BET1889:	Boston Evening Transcript (24 Jun 1889, p. 6)
BG1889:	Boston Globe (16 Jun 1889, p. 22)
BJ1889:	Boston Journal (11 Jun 1889, p. 1)
BSMN1889:	Buffalo Sunday Morning News (1 Sep 1889, p. 3)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1903:	History of St. Paul's Church, Buffalo, N.Y. 1817-1903, Charles W. Evans, Alice M. Evans Bartlett and G. Hunter Bartlett (1903, p. 62, 66, 156, 170, 265, 283, 294)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LUSJ1930:	Lockport Union-Sun and Journal (4 Oct 1930, p. 2)
NRHP1972:	National Register of Historic Places, Cornelia E. Brooke (1972)
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)