Tiffany Census

McBlain Memorial Chapel, Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva, 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:	3.46.2
Rating:	Unrated
Address:	1000 Lochland Road
Location:	Geneva, New York 14456, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.84809, -76.98133
Tiffany 1910:	Page 25
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1908 [GDT1908]
Architect:
Comment:	Building is no longer being used as a chapel [ORG]
	Windows boarded up by 2026 [STREETVIEW]
Also of interest:

Site Items

3.46.2.1:	Fast Memorial Window: Angel of Resurrection (1908) (Extant)
3.46.2.2:	Fast Memorial Window: ornamental (1908) (Extant)

Item 3.46.2.1

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Fast Memorial Window: Angel of Resurrection

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

Status:	Extant [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Fast Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 25
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[GDT1908]
Designer:	probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	In place when building opened in Dec 1908 [GDT1908]
Inscription:	Beneath window on bronze tablet: This chapel is erected to the honored memory of James Soverhill and Thomas McBlain, 1908 [GDT1908]
Category:	Angel of Resurrection
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Fast Memorial Window so likely someone by the name of Fast organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

Item 3.46.2.2

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

Status:	Extant [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Fast Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	eight windows of quarried design, set with medallions carrying symbols of the Christian faith [GDT1908]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 25
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[GDT1908]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	In place when building opened in Dec 1908 [GDT1908]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Fast Memorial Window so likely someone by the name of Fast organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

References

DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
GDT1908:	Geneva Daily Times (26 Dec 1908, p. 6)
ORG:	Organization
STREETVIEW:	Google StreetView
TIFF1886:	Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893:	Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1896:	Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)
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)