| Site Id: |
3.37.1 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Address: |
1800 Bedford Avenue |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11225, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
40.66142, -73.95725 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 23 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 17 |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list the church under Flatbush, which is part of Brooklyn [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Completeness: |
Medium |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1893 [BRSU1893] |
| Architect: |
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| Also of interest: |
Mary Williams Memorial Window [ORG] |
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Gertrued Lefferts Longmire Memorial Window [ORG] |
|
1916 Urania Carter Memorial Window [BDT1916] |
|
1919 Estelle Peacock Memorial Window, "Morning in the Springtime" [CHAT1919] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Lefferts Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Angel of Victory [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 23 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 17 |
| Signature: |
not signed [DT2014] |
| Other documentation: |
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| Designer: |
probably Joseph Lauber [TIFF1893, DEDUCED] |
| Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1893 credits Lauber as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893] |
| Memorial details: |
John Lefferts (12 Aug 1826 - 18 Apr 1893) [INSCRIPTION, BRSU1893, BT1893] |
|
and also Eliza J. Lefferts (18 Apr 1831 - 13 Nov 1867) [INSCRIPTION] |
| Donor: |
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| Date: |
In place when building dedicated 24 Dec 1893 [BRSU1893, BT1893] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM / JOHN LEFFERTS / BORN AVGVST 12 1826 DIED APRIL 18 1893 / AND HIS WIFE / ELIZA J LEFFERTS / BORN APRIL 18 1831 DIED NOVEMBER 13 1867 [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Angel of Victory |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Vanderbilt Memorial Window (Longmeyer Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Hope [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 23 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
not signed [DT2014] |
| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1904B, NYG1904] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt (16 Apr 1824 - 5 Jan 1902) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1904B, BRSU1904, BT1904, BC1904, FWN1904, NYEP1904, NYS1904, NYG1904, NYT1904] |
| Donor: |
her niece, Gertrude Lefferts Longmire [EAGLE1904A, EAGLE1904B, BRSU1904, BT1904, FWN1904] |
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and also her niece, Anna Eliza Lefferts (Mrs. Lionel Edward Gresley) Carden, and her nephews, John Lefferts, Jr., James Lefferts and Robert Lefferts [EAGLE1904A, BRSU1904, BT1904, FWN1904, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Unveiled Easter Sunday, 3 Apr 1904 [EAGLE1904B, NYEP1904, NYS1904, NYT1904] |
|
Unveiled 27 Mar 1904 [EAGLE1904A, BRSU1904, BT1904, BC1904, FWN1904] |
| Size: |
8' high x 12' wide [BRSU1904, BT1904, FWN1904, DEDUCED] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO, EAGLE1904B] |
| Inscription: |
I AM THE RESURRECTION / AND THE LIFE // GERTRUDE LEFFERTS VANDERBILT / BORN APRIL 16TH 1824 - DIED JANUARY 5TH 1902 // YE SHALL KNOW THEM / BY THEIR FRUITS [PHOTO, EAGLE1904B, BRSU1904, BT1904, FWN1904, NYS1904] |
| Category: |
Hope |
| Location: |
center of the western transept [EAGLE1904B] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Longmeyer Memorial Window so likely Gertrude Longmire was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Comment: |
Likely the two ornamental side windows originally dated to 1893, and they were modified by the addition of the cartouches of lilies when the central window was installed [EAGLE1904B, NYS1904, BRSU1904, DEDUCED] |
| BC1904: |
Brooklyn Citizen (28 Mar 1904, p. 7) |
| BDT1916: |
Brooklyn Daily Times (24 Apr 1916, p. 5) |
| BRSU1893: |
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (30 Dec 1893, p. 3) |
| BRSU1904: |
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (28 Mar 1904, p. 8) |
| BT1893: |
Brooklyn Times (26 Dec 1893, p. 4) |
| BT1904: |
Brooklyn Times (28 Mar 1904, p. 10) |
| CHAT1919: |
Brooklyn Chat Flatbush (29 Nov 1919, p. 16) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DT2014: |
Donald Traser, personal communication (21 Aug 2014) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1904A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (28 Mar 1904, p. 6) |
| EAGLE1904B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1 Apr 1904, p. 20) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| FWN1904: |
Flatbush Weekly News and Kings County Record (2 Apr 1904, p. 1) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYEP1904: |
New York Evening Post (2 Apr 1904, p. 6) |
| NYG1904: |
New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser (19 Mar 1904, p. 8) |
| NYS1904: |
New York Sun (4 Apr 1904, p. 1) |
| NYT1904: |
New York Times (4 Apr 1904, p. 5) |
| 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) |
