Tiffany Census

Island Cemetery, August Belmont Memorial Chapel, Newport, Rhode Island

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:	34.6.1
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	30 Warner Street
Location:	Newport, Rhode Island 02840, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.49786, -71.31569
Tiffany 1910:	Page 109
Duncan 1980:	Page 222
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1887-1888 [NDN1900]
Architect:	George C. Mason [NDN1900]
Comment:	The chapel was restored 2021-2024 after being derelict for many years [NTW2021, NTW2024, ORG]
Also of interest:

Site Items

34.6.1.1:

Belmont Memorial Window: St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1899) (Unknown)

Item 34.6.1.1

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Belmont Memorial Window
Theme:	St. Elizabeth of Hungary [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 109
Duncan 1980:	Page 222
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NDN1900]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Bessie Hamilton Morgan Belmont (25 May 1862 - 27 Sep 1898) [NDN1899, NM1899, NYT1899, BH1899, SDR1899, NDN1900, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her husband, August Belmont, Jr. [NDN1899, NYT1899, SDR1899, NDN1900]
Date:	Placed 25 May 1899 [NDN1899, NM1899, BH1899, SDR1899]
Inscription:	St. Elizabeth / B.M.B. May 25, 1899. A.B. [NDN1900]
Category:	St. Elizabeth
Location:	west side [NDN1899, BH1899, NDN1900]
Comment:	The window is no longer in the chapel but it is not known what happened to it [DEDUCED]

References

BH1899:	Boston Herald (26 May 1899, p. 12)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
NDN1899:	Newport Daily News (25 May 1899, p. 8)
NDN1900:	Newport Daily News (21 Mar 1900, p. 3, 8)
NM1899:	Newport Mercury (27 May 1899, p. 1)
NTW2021:	Newport This Week website (12 Aug 2021)
NTW2024:	Newport This Week website (24 Oct 2024)
NYT1899:	New York Times (2 Jun 1899, p. 7)
ORG:	Organization
SDR1899:	The Springfield Daily Republican (26 May 1899, p. 7)
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)