Tiffany Census

United Methodist Church, Ossining, 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:	3.87.1
Rating:	Nothing
Other name(s):	Highland Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Address:	1 Emwilton Place
Location:	Ossining, New York 10562, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.15897, -73.8604
Tiffany 1910:	Page 30
Duncan 1980:	Page 206
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls it the Island Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1877 [NRHP1988]
Architect:	Ebenezer Roberts [WIKI]
Comment:	The church closed 1 Jul 2020 [UMC2021]
Also of interest:	1898 church decoration by Tiffany [ADVOC1898]

Site Items

3.87.1.1:

Young Memorial Window: Christ Enthroned (1899) (Removed)

Item 3.87.1.1

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

Status:	Removed [RDS2021]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Young Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ Enthroned [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Te Deum [NYT1899, NYH1899, NR1899, YS1899A, YS1899B, ADVOC1899]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 30
Duncan 1980:	Page 206
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[YS1899A, YS1899B]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [NYT1899, NYH1899, NYP1899, NR1899, YS1899B]
Memorial details:	Townsend Young (8 May 1831 - 29 Feb 1892) [INSCRIPTION, NYT1899, NYH1899, NYP1899, YS1899A, YS1899B, WPA1899, ADVOC1899]
Donor:	his wife, Maria Lawrence Young [INSCRIPTION, NYT1899, NYP1899, YS1899B, WPA1899, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Unveiled 18 Jun 1899 [NYT1899, NYH1899, NYP1899, NR1899, YS1899A, YS1899B]
Size:	25' high x 15' wide [NYT1899, NYH1899, NYP1899, NR1899, YS1899B]
Lancets:	5 [PHOTO, YS1899B]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / TOWNSEND YOUNG / BORN MAY 8 1831 / DIED FEBRUARY 29 1892 / ERECTED BY HIS WIFE // WHEN THOV TOOKEST VPON THEE TO DELIVER MAN // THOV DIDST HVMBLE THYSELF TO BE BORN OF A VIRGIN // THOV ART THE KING OF GLORY O CHRIST // HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE FVLL OF THE MAJESTY OF // THY GLORY GLORY BE TO THEE O LORD MOST HIGH [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ Enthroned; Te Deum
Location:	south wall [NYT1899, NYH1899]
Cost:	$5000 [NYT1899, NYH1899, WPA1899]
History:	Window removed ca. 2020 [RDS2021, DEDUCED]
	Currently located in the Gelman Stained Glass Museum, San Juan, TX (SITE:38.15.1) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Comment:	The window was originally supposed to be dedicated on Easter Sunday, 2 Apr 1899 [ADVOC1899]
Same as item:	38.15.1.1

References

ADVOC1898:	The Christian Advocate (29 Sep 1898, p. 1583)
ADVOC1899:	The Christian Advocate (6 Apr 1899, p. 550)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
NR1899:	The Newburgh Register (19 Jun 1899)
NRHP1988:	National Register of Historic Places, Karen Morey Kennedy (1988, Section 7, p. 3)
NYH1899:	New York Herald (19 Jun 1899, p. 12)
NYP1899:	New York Press (19 Jun 1899, p. 7)
NYT1899:	New York Times (19 Jun 1899, p. 10)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
RDS2021:	Rich DeStefano (Church Services Group, Freeland, PA), private communication (30 Jun 2021)
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)
UMC2021:	United Methodist Church Online Directory & Statistics (30 Jun 2021)
WIKI:	Wikipedia
WPA1899:	The White Plains Argus (4 Jul 1899, p. 2)
YS1899A:	The Yonkers Statesman (17 Jun 1899, p. 1)
YS1899B:	The Yonkers Statesman (19 Jun 1899, p. 2)