| Site Id: |
8.44.1 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Address: |
800 Main Street |
| Location: |
Winsted, Connecticut 06098, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
41.92725, -73.07654 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 48 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 210 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 lists the site twice, once under South Congregational Church and once under Second Congregational Church [TIFF1910] |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1899 [HC1899, HWT1899] |
| Architect: |
Arthur Bates Jennings [ORG] |
| Also of interest: |
1899 Camp Memorial Window, "Christ the Good Shepherd", by Walter Janes [HC1899, HWT1899, WJ1899] |
|
1899 Camp Memorial Window, "Christ in the Midst of the Doctors", by Benjamin Sellers [HC1899, HWT1899] |
|
1899 Founders Memorial Window, "Christ at the Last Supper", by Jolian B. Smith [HC1899, HWT1899] |
|
1899 Chamberlain Memorial Window, "Christ Knocking at the Door", by Jolian B. Smith [HC1899, HWT1899] |
|
1900 Welch Memorial Window, "The Raising of Jairus Daughter", by Jolian B. Smith [HC1899, HWT1899, HC1900, ORG] |
|
Bissell and Bronson Memorial Window, "Three Marys at the Tomb", by Calvert and Kimberly (possibly sub-contracted from Church Glass and Decorating Company) [CK1904, PART2009] |
| See also: |
Walter Janes and Frances White Census |
| Status: |
Removed [CHR2026] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Boyd Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
The Falls [ORG] |
| Description: |
landscape [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 48 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 210 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
COPYRIGHT 1898 / (TIF)FANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY / NEW YORK [PHOTO] |
|
 |
| Other documentation: |
[HC1899, HWT1899] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
John Boyd (17 Mar 1799 - 1 Dec 1881) and his wife, Emily Webster Beers Boyd (Mar 1805 - 25 Nov 1842) [INSCRIPTION, HC1899, HWT1899, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
their daughter, Ellen Wright Boyd [HC1899, HWT1899, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Copyright 1898 [SIGNATURE] |
|
Dedicated with building on 5 Sep 1899 [HC1899, HWT1899] |
| Size: |
240 cm high x 180.3 cm wide (overall assembled in situ) [CHR2026] |
|
158.6 cm high x 81.3 cm wide (each lancet, unframed) [CHR2026] |
|
49.8 cm diameter (roundel, unframed) [CHR2026] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
JOHN BOYD 1799-1881 // EMILY W BOYD 1805-1842 [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Landscape |
| History: |
Sold at Christie's, 10 Jun 2026, for $1250000 hammer price ($1587500 with commission) [CHR2026] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Gay Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Lord is my Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 48 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 210 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO] |
|
 |
| Other documentation: |
[HDC1909, HC1909] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Henry Gay (5 Apr 1834 - 17 May 1908) [INSCRIPTION, HDC1909, HC1909, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Charlotte E. Gay [HDC1909, HC1909] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Jul 1909 [HC1909] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO, HC1909] |
| Inscription: |
IN LOVING / MEMORY OF // HENRY GAY / 1834 1908 [PHOTO, HC1909] |
| Category: |
Christ the Good Shepherd |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Holmes Memorial Tablet |
| Description: |
mosaic plaque [DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 210 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[HC1905] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Charles Beecher Holmes (1846-1900) [INSCRIPTION, HC1905] |
| Donor: |
his daughter, Ruth Clarke Holmes Munsill (later Reidy) [HC1905, ORG, NYT1922] |
|
and also his son-in-law and Ruth's first husband, Gail Borden Munsill [HC1905] |
| Date: |
Unveiled Easter Sunday, 23 Apr 1905 [HC1905] |
| Size: |
about 6' high x 3' wide [HC1905] |
| Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM / CHARLES BEECHER HOLMES / 1846 - 1900 / DEACON OF THIS CHURCH / FOR OVER NINETEEN YEARS / BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO / DEATH AND I WILL GIVE / THEE A CROWN OF LIFE [PHOTO, HC1905] |
| CHR2026: |
Christie's, Design, Live Auction 24313 (10 Jun 2026, Lot 66) |
| CK1904: |
Calvert & Kimberly leaflet (1904) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HC1899: |
Hartford Courant (5 Sep 1899, p. 10) |
| HC1900: |
Hartford Courant (16 Apr 1900, p. 12) |
| HC1905: |
Hartford Courant (25 Apr 1905, p. 4) |
| HC1909: |
Hartford Courant (28 Jul 1909, p. 2) |
| HDC1909: |
Hartford Daily Courant (25 Mar 1909, p. 18) |
| HWT1899: |
The Hartford Weekly Times (7 Sep 1899, p. 7) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYT1922: |
New York Times (20 Sep 1922, p. 14) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PART2009: |
Stained Glass Quarterly, "Whodunit: Or When is a Tiffany not a Tiffany", Phyllis Partridge (Winter 2009, Vol. 104, p. 292-305) |
| 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) |
| WJ1899: |
Illustrations of memorial and decorative stained glass windows executed by Walter Janes (ca. 1899) |
