| Site Id: |
32.5.5 |
| Rating: |
Nothing |
| Other name(s): |
Church of the Unity; Humanist Fellowship of Liberation Church |
| Address: |
8143 Euclid Avenue |
| Location: |
Cleveland, Ohio 44103, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
41.50392, -81.63104 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 90 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 218 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Duncan 1980 says "4 windows sold, 4 stolen" [DUNC1980] |
| Completeness: |
Low |
| Building status: |
No more |
| Building date: |
1903-1904 [CPD1903, DED1904] |
| Architect: |
|
| Comment: |
First Unitarian vacated the building in 1952 [CPD1973] |
|
Four Tiffany windows were stolen 11 Nov 1973 [CPD1973, NYT1973, BULL1976] |
|
Frederick Wilson, for Tiffany Studios, designed a "Mayflower Compact" window in 1904 for the church, which was supposed to be over the entrance, but it was not made [NEAUC2014, CASS2022, DEDUCED] |
| Also of interest: |
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| Status: |
Removed [CPD1973, BULL1976] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Southworth Memorial Window (Upson Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Recording Angel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 90 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 218 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
signed [CPD1973] |
| Other documentation: |
[CPD1906] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
William Palmer Southworth (29 Mar 1819 - 13 Aug 1891) and Louisa Southworth (27 Mar 1831 - 18 May 1905) [CPD1906, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
their daughter, Mary Louisa Southworth (Mrs. Henry Swift) Upson [CPD1906, WEB] |
| Date: |
Installed Dec 1906 [CPD1906] |
| Inscription: |
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| Category: |
Recording Angel |
| History: |
Stolen 11 Nov 1973 [CPD1973] |
|
The part of the window containing the angel (with altered background) for sale at Bonham's, 10 Jun 2022, and again for sale at Nadeau's Auction Gallery, 1 Jan 2023 and 1 Jan 2025 [BON2022, NAD2023, NAD2025] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Upson Memorial Window because Mrs. Upson was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| BON2022: |
Bonhams, New York, MODERN DECORATIVE ART + DESIGN (10 Jun 2022, lot 33) |
| BULL1976: |
Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art (1976) |
| CASS2022: |
JP Cass, private communication (29 Dec 2022) |
| CPD1903: |
Cleveland Plain Dealer (12 Oct 1903, p. 5) |
| CPD1906: |
Cleveland Plain Dealer (17 Dec 1906, p. 2) |
| CPD1973: |
Cleveland Plain Dealer (12 Nov 1973, p. 1, 6) |
| DED1904: |
Addresses at the Dedication of The Church of the Unity, Cleveland, Ohio (1904) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| NAD2023: |
Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Windsor CT (1 Jan 2023, lot 550) |
| NAD2025: |
Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Windsor CT (1 Jan 2025, lot 694) |
| NEAUC2014: |
Northeast Auctions, Spring Weekend Auction, 22-23 Mar 2014, lot 102, design drawing (Mar 2014) |
| NYT1973: |
New York Times (13 Nov 1973) |
| 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 |
