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St. Paul's Church (Rock Creek), Washington, District of Columbia

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: 10.3.2
Rating: Nothing
Address: Rock Creek Church Road and Webster Street NW
Location: Washington, District of Columbia 20011, USA
Lat/Lng: 38.94689, -77.01209
Tiffany 1910: Page 49
Duncan 1980: Page 210
Tiffany 1897: Page 31
Tiffany 1893: Listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Destroyed
Building date: 1775 [ORG]
Architect:
Comment: Destroyed by fire, 6 Apr 1921 [WT1921, ES1921, CHU1921]
Also of interest:

Site Items

10.3.2.1: Grossmann and Bell Memorial Window: Madonna and Child (1888) (Destroyed) item has a photo

Item 10.3.2.1

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Grossmann and Bell Memorial Window:  Madonna and Child Grossmann and Bell Memorial Window:  Madonna and Child
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Destroyed [WT1921, ES1921, CHU1921, NRHP1971]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Grossmann and Bell Memorial Window (Hubbard Memorial Window)
Theme: Madonna and Child [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 49
Duncan 1980: Page 210
Tiffany 1897: Page 31
Signature:
Other documentation: [NYT1888, NYH1888]
Designer: Will H. Low [NYT1888, NYH1888, ARCH1888, SCRIB1888, TIMES1889, OUT1896]
Memorial details: Gertrude McCurdy Hubbard Grossmann (1 Oct 1849 - 13 Nov 1886) and Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell (4 Jun 1859 - 4 Jul 1885) [NYT1888, NYH1888, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: their father, Gardiner Greene Hubbard [NYT1888, NYH1888, ARCH1888, SCRIB1888]
Date: Exhibited Dec 1888 [NYH1888]
Installed ca. Dec 1888 [NYT1888, NYH1888]
Size: 15' high x 2'9" wide [NYH1888]
15' high x 3' wide [NYT1888]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Madonna
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call this the Hubbard Memorial Window because Mr. Hubbard was the donor [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment: Destroyed in fire of 6 Apr 1921 [WT1921, ES1921, CHU1921, NRHP1971]

References

ARCH1888: Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1888, p. 43)
CHU1921: The Churchman (23 Apr 1921, p. 26)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
ES1921: The Evening Star (6 Apr 1921, p. 6)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
NRHP1971: National Register of Historic Places, Suzanne Ganschinietz (1971)
NYH1888: New York Herald (17 Dec 1888, p. 9)
NYT1888: New York Times (16 Dec 1888, p. 9)
ORG: Organization
OUT1896: The Outlook, Religious Painting in America, Rufus Rockwell Wilson (12 Dec 1886, p. 1085-1089)
PHOTO: Photo of item
SCRIB1888: Scribner's Magazine, Old Glass in New Windows, Will H. Low (Dec 1888, p. 675-686)
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)
TIMES1889: The Philadelphia Times (3 Nov 1889, p. 13)
WT1921: Washington Times (6 Apr 1921, p. 1)

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