| Site Id: |
33.51.18 |
| Rating: |
Nothing |
| Address: |
Federal Street and Broad Street |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19146, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
39.93541, -75.16685 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 102 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 221 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 61 |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 spell the name as Holland [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
No more |
| Building date: |
1889-1893 [HIST1899] |
| Architect: |
David S. Gendell, assisted by Thomas Jamieson as supervising architect [HIST1899] |
| Comment: |
Frederick Wilson emigrated from England to Philadephia in 1892 to work for Alfred Godwin but soon ended up working for Tiffany [FW2009] |
|
Hollond Memorial might represent the transition between the two companies since he designed windows for both here [DEDUCED] |
|
The congregation vacated the building by 1941 [PI1941] |
| Also of interest: |
West rose window by Maitland Armstrong [HIST1899] |
|
Windows made by Alfred Godwin and designed by Frederick Wilson [HIST1899] |
|
1915 south rose window by Henry Willet and Annie Lee Willet [PI1915] |
| See also: |
David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census |
| 33.51.18.1: |
Cooke Memorial Window: St. Matthew (1893) (Unknown)  |
| 33.51.18.2: |
Cooke Memorial Window: St. Mark (1893) (Unknown) |
| 33.51.18.3: |
Morris Memorial Window: St. John (1893) (Unknown) |
| 33.51.18.4: |
Ogden Memorial Window: St. Luke (1893) (Unknown) |
| 33.51.18.5: |
Ogden Memorial Window: St. Paul (1893) (Unknown) |
| 33.51.18.6: |
I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat (1893) (Removed) |
| 33.51.18.7: |
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink (1893) (Removed) |
| 33.51.18.8: |
I was a stranger, and ye took me in (1893) (Unknown) |
| 33.51.18.9: |
I was naked, and ye clothed me (1893) (Unknown) |
| 33.51.18.10: |
I was sick, and ye visited me (1893) (Unknown) |
| Status: |
Unknown |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Morris Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
St. John [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, HIST1899] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 102 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 221 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 61 |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[HIST1899] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [DEDUCED] |
| Memorial details: |
Mary N. Burnside Morris (1813 - 4 Sep 1891) [HIST1899, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
Ministering Circle of King's Daughters [HIST1899] |
| Date: |
In place when building dedicated Oct 1893 [PT1893A, PT1893B] |
| Inscription: |
|
| Category: |
St. John |
| Location: |
south arcade [HIST1899] |
| After design: |
Sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen [HIST1899] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call it a Memorial Window without a name [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Status: |
Removed [DIBS2023, DEDUCED] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
|
| Theme: |
I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, HIST1899] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 102 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 221 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 61 |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
|
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [HIST1899] |
| Memorial details: |
|
| Donor: |
King's Daughters [HIST1899] |
| Date: |
In place when building dedicated Oct 1893 [PT1893A, PT1893B] |
| Size: |
177.8 cm high x 96.52 cm wide (border removed) [DIBS2023, DEDUCED] |
| Inscription: |
|
| Category: |
Biblical Story |
| Location: |
west arcade [HIST1899] |
| History: |
For sale on 1stDibs, Oct 2023 (border removed) [DIBS2023] |
| Status: |
Removed [BON2023, RAGO2024, FONT2025] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
|
| Theme: |
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, HIST1899] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 102 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 221 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 61 |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
|
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [HIST1899] |
| Memorial details: |
|
| Donor: |
King's Daughters [HIST1899] |
| Date: |
In place when building dedicated Oct 1893 [PT1893A, PT1893B] |
| Size: |
152.5 cm high x 77 cm wide (border removed) [BON2023] |
|
152 cm high x 76 cm wide (border removed) [RAGO2024] |
|
69" high x 39.5" wide (frame) (border removed) [FONT2025] |
|
67 1/2" high x 38 1/4" wide (border removed) [MSRAU2025] |
| Inscription: |
|
| Category: |
Biblical Story |
| Location: |
west arcade [HIST1899] |
| History: |
For sale at Bonham's, New York, 12 Dec 2023 [BON2023] |
|
For sale at Rago, 31 Oct 2024 [RAGO2024] |
|
Sold at Fontaine's Auction, 31 May 2025, for $30000 [FONT2025] |
|
For sale at M.S. Rau, Nov 2025, for $88500 [MSRAU2025] |
| BON2023: |
Bonhams, New York, MODERN DECORATIVE ART + DESIGN INCLUDING THE HELEN AND DAVID MILLING COLLECTION, lot 44 (12 Dec 2023) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DIBS2023: |
1stDibs website (14 Oct 2023) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| FONT2025: |
Tiffany Studios: Masterworks In Glass, Fontaine's Auction (31 May 2025, Lot 132) |
| FW2009: |
The Journal of Glass Studies, Frederick Wilson: 50 years of stained glass design, Diane Wright (2009, Vol. 51, p. 198-214) |
| HIST1899: |
A History of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, PA., Harriet Pringle Ford (1899) |
| MSRAU2025: |
M.S. Rau website (30 Nov 2025) |
| PI1873: |
Philadelphia Inquirer (22 Sep 1873, p. 5) |
| PI1915: |
Philadelphia Inquirer (20 Dec 1915, p. 12) |
| PI1941: |
Philadelphia Inquirer (2 Jul 1941, p. 25) |
| PT1893A: |
The Philadelphia Times (15 Sep 1893, p. 3) |
| PT1893B: |
The Philadelphia Times (23 Oct 1893, p. 3) |
| RAGO2024: |
Rago, Art Nouveau | Art Deco Glass & Lighting, lot 138 (31 Oct 2024) |
| 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) |
