| Status: |
Destroyed [WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Main Memorial Window (Spooner Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 117 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[WSJ1900A, WSJ1900B, WCR1900, WW1900, GCW1900, WSJ1901] |
| Designer: |
probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
| Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
| Memorial details: |
Semantha Stillman Main (1 May 1808 - 23 Mar 1877) [WSJ1900B, WW1900, GCW1900, WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
her daughter, Annie Elizabeth Main (Mrs. John Colt) Spooner [WSJ1900A, WSJ1900B, WCR1900, WW1900, GCW1900, WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Installed end Jul 1900 [WSJ1900A] |
|
In place when building dedicated 26 Aug 1900 [WSJ1900A, WSJ1900B, WCR1900, WW1900, GCW1900] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO, WSJ1900B, WW1900] |
| Inscription: |
In Loving Memory of / Samantha Stillman Main. / Born in 1808. Died in 1877. / Erected by her Daughter, / Annie Main Spooner [WSJ1900B, WW1900] |
| Category: |
Christ the Good Shepherd |
| Location: |
N. Carroll Street side [WSJ1900B] |
| Cost: |
around $1400 [WSJ1900A] |
|
$1400 [WCR1900] |
|
$1500 [WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901] |
| Employees: |
Charles Letts was the installer [WSJ1900A] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Spooner Memorial Window because Mrs. Spooner was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Comment: |
Destroyed by fire, 24 Jul 1901 [WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901] |
| BEN1901: |
Baraboo Evening News (25 Jul 1901, p. 1) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| GCW1900: |
Grant County Witness (15 Aug 1900, p. 1) |
| KS1901: |
Kewaskum Statesman (27 Jul 1901, p. 1) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| RH1901: |
Readstown Herald (1 Aug 1901, p. 3) |
| TIFF1886: |
Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886) |
| TIFF1893: |
Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893) |
| TIFF1896: |
Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896) |
| 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) |
| TRC1901: |
Two Rivers Chronicle (30 Jul 1901, p. 2) |
| WCR1900: |
Wood County Reporter (9 Aug 1900, p. 3) |
| WSJ1900A: |
Wisconsin State Journal (2 Aug 1900, p. 3) |
| WSJ1900B: |
Wisconsin State Journal (18 Aug 1900, p. 1) |
| WSJ1901: |
Wisconsin State Journal (25 Jul 1901, p. 1, 8) |
| WW1900: |
The Weekly Wisconsin (18 Aug 1900, p. 1) |