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Cathedral of St. James, South Bend, Indiana

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The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 14.5.1
Rating: 0 stars
Address: 117 North Lafayette Boulevard
Location: South Bend, Indiana 46601, USA
Lat/Lng: 41.67694, -86.25387
Tiffany 1910: Page 55
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 35
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1894 [ORG]
Architect: Austin and Parker [NRHP1985]
Also of interest: Six 1894 windows by McCully and Miles [ORG]
1926 Kuhns Memorial Window, "Angel", by Thomas A. O'Shaughnessy [ORG]

Site Items

14.5.1.1: Studebaker Memorial Window: ornamental (Extant) item has a photo
14.5.1.2: Foote Memorial Window: ornamental (1894) (Extant) item has a photo
14.5.1.3.a: Meyer Memorial Window: ornamental (Extant) item has a photo
14.5.1.3.b: Meyer Memorial Window: ornamental (Extant)
14.5.1.4.a: Knickerbacker Memorial Window: St. James (Removed)
14.5.1.4.b: Talbott Memorial Window: ornamental (Removed)
14.5.1.4.c: Upfold Memorial Window: ornamental (Removed)

Item 14.5.1.1

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Studebaker Memorial Window:  ornamental
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Studebaker Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
rose window [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Page 55
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: Agnes Northrop [IAH1893, ORG, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: A sketch, attributed to Northrop, for a window with a similar design is shown in the Illustrated Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building (Chicago Exposition 1893) [IAH1893]
Memorial details:
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Studebaker [ORG]
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: None [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental; Round Window
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call this the Studebaker Memorial Window because the Studebakers were the donors [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

Item 14.5.1.2

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Foote Memorial Window:  ornamental
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Foote Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 55
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: E. Louise Foote (d. 18 Dec 1890) [INSCRIPTION, ORG]
Donor: her husband [ORG]
Date: 1894 [ORG]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: MAY / PERPETVAL / LIGHT SHINE / VPON HER // IN MEMORIAM E LOVISE FOOTE [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental

Item 14.5.1.3.a

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Meyer Memorial Window:  ornamental
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Meyer Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 55
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Margaret B. Meyer [INSCRIPTION, NRHP1985]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In Memory of / Margaret B. Meyer [PHOTO, NRHP1985]
Category: Ornamental

Item 14.5.1.3.b

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Meyer Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 55
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Bernadine B. Meyer [INSCRIPTION, NRHP1985]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In Memory of / Bernadine B. Meyer [PHOTO, NRHP1985]
Category: Ornamental

Item 14.5.1.4.a

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

Status: Removed [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Knickerbacker Memorial Window
Theme: St. James [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 55
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Bishop David Buel Knickerbacker (24 Feb 1833 - 31 Dec 1894) [ORG, WIKI]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: St. James
Location: was in the chancel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
History: Placed into storage as part of renovations of the church in 1964 [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 does not give the window a mermorial name [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment: This is the central lancet of the window [ORG]

Item 14.5.1.4.b

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

Status: Removed [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Talbott Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Bishop Joseph Cruikshank Talbott (5 Sep 1816 - 15 Jan 1883) [ORG, WIKI]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: St. James
Location: was in the chancel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
History: Placed into storage as part of renovations of the church in 1964 [ORG]
Comment: This is a side lancet of the window [ORG]

Item 14.5.1.4.c

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

Status: Removed [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Upfold Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Bishop George Upfold (7 May 1796 - 26 Aug 1872) [ORG, WIKI]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: St. James
Location: was in the chancel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
History: Placed into storage as part of renovations of the church in 1964 [ORG]
Comment: This is a side lancet of the window [ORG]

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
IAH1893: Illustrated Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building (1893, p. 56)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
NRHP1985: National Register of Historic Places (1985)
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of 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)
WIKI: Wikipedia

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