Tiffany Census

Trinity Lutheran Church, Norristown, Pennsylvania

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:	33.81.1
Rating:	Nothing
Other name(s):	St. George Coptic Orthodox Church
Address:	411 Dekalb Street
Location:	Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.11486, -75.34189
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1863-1864 [HIST1938]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

33.81.1.1:	Fichthorn Memorial Mosaic: Cross (1913) (Removed)
33.81.1.2:	Geiger and Yost Memorial Reredos: Figure of Christ (Removed)

Item 33.81.1.1

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

Status:	Removed [DEDUCED]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Fichthorn Memorial Mosaic
Theme:	Cross [AD1913, HIST1938]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[AD1913, JUB1917]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. Andrew S. Fichthorn (1859 - 29 Jan 1912) [AD1913, YEAR1914, JUB1917, HIST1938, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	the congregation [AD1913]
	Luther Society [HIST1938]
Date:	Dedicated 1 Jun 1913 [AD1913, HIST1938]
	Dedicated 30 May 1913 [YEAR1914]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	apse [PHOTO, JUB1917]
History:	Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:33.95.1) [DEDUCED]
Same as item:	33.95.1.1

Item 33.81.1.2

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

Status:	Removed [DEDUCED]
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Geiger and Yost Memorial Reredos
Theme:	Figure of Christ [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[ORG, PHOTO]
Designer:
Memorial details:	left and right panels: Amon W. Geiger (1847-1908) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1938, FINDAGRAVE]
	center panel: Hannah Cornelia Feather Yost (7 Sep 1839 - 24 Jul 1908) and Clara Ella Yost (1876-1910) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1938, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date:	Probably between 1910 and 1913 [DEDUCED]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, HIST1938]
Inscription:	IN MEMORIAM / AMON W. GEIGER // IN MEMORY / OF / HANNA C. & / C. ELLA YOST // IN MEMORIAM / AMON W. GEIGER [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ
Location:	apse [PHOTO]
History:	Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:33.95.1) [DEDUCED]
Same as item:	33.95.1.2

References

AD1913:	Allentown Democrat (2 Jun 1913, p. 10)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1938:	History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Trinity, Norristown, PA. 1848-1938, Malcolm H. Ganser (1938, p. 28, 38, 89)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
JUB1917:	1517-1917 Jubilee volume, Norristown Conference of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania and Adjacent States (1917, p. 119)
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)
YEAR1914:	Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society 1914, Barr Ferree (ed.) (1914, p. 226)