| Site Id: |
8.17.1 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Address: |
25 South Street |
| Location: |
Litchfield, Connecticut 06759, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
41.746, -73.18823 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 44 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 209 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 28 |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1922 [ORG] |
| Architect: |
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| Comment: |
There are two small Alpha and Omega windows, which might also be by Tiffany [ORG] |
| Also of interest: |
1893 Seymour Memorial landscape window designed by Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and made by Heinigke & Bowen [NYEP1893] |
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1914 Seymour Memorial Window, "Faith", by Maitland Armstrong [CHU1914] |
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1917 Wallbridge Memorial Window, "Charity", by Maitland Armstrong [PHOTO, DMA1999, HIST1919] |
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1956 Ambler and Liggett Memorial Window, "St. Francis of Assisi", by William Morris Company [INSCRIPTION, SIGNATURE, PHOTO] |
|
1968 window by Gabriel Loire [ORG] |
| See also: |
David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Parmalee Memorial Window (Latimer Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
St. Michael [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 44 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 209 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 28 |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[CHU1895] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [CHU1895] |
| Memorial details: |
Caroline Parmelee (15 Apr 1803 - 20 Dec 1886) and Celeste Parmelee (1809 - 15 Apr 1868) [INSCRIPTION, CHU1895, HIST1919, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
their grand nieces, Misses Latimer [CHU1895, ORG] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Sep 1895 [CHU1895] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO, CHU1895] |
| Inscription: |
Caroline Parmelee / 1803-1886 // In Memoriam // Celeste Parmelee / 1809-1868 [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
St. Michael |
| History: |
Originally was the reredos window in the third St. Michael's building [ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Latimer Memorial Window because the Latimers were the donors [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| CHU1895: |
The Churchman (21 Sep 1895, p. 321) |
| CHU1914: |
The Churchman (18 Jul 1914, p. 86) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DMA1999: |
D. Maitland Armstrong: American Stained Glass Master, Robert O. Jones (1999, p. 135, figure 44) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HIST1919: |
Historical Address on St. Michael's Parish, Litchfield, Connecticut, William J. Brewster (1919) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYEP1893: |
New York Evening Post (6 May 1893, p. 15) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| SIGNATURE: |
Signature on 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) |
| WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
