Tiffany Census

St. Luke's Methodist Church, Dubuque, Iowa

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:	15.3.3
Rating:	3 stars
Address:	1199 Main Street
Location:	Dubuque, Iowa 52001, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.50381, -90.66898
Tiffany 1910:	Page 56
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 35
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1894-1897 [DH1897]
Architect:	George W. Kramer [DH1897]
Restoration:	Many windows, including the Job and the Good Shepherd windows, releaded by Bovard Studio, 2009-2016 [BOV2016]
Also of interest:

Site Items

15.3.3.1:	Cooley Memorial Window: The Good Shepherd (1897) (Extant)
15.3.3.2:	Richardson Memorial Window: Resurrection Angel (1897) (Extant)
15.3.3.3:	Hancock Memorial Window: Angel of Victory (1897) (Extant)
15.3.3.4:	Staples Memorial Window: Ascension (1897) (Extant)
15.3.3.5:	Farley Memorial Window: Job (1897) (Extant)
15.3.3.6:	ornamental windows (Extant)
15.3.3.7:	Chapman Memorial Window: Baptism of Christ (1916) (Extant)
15.3.3.8:	Lewis Memorial Window: Christ and the Children (1916) (Extant)
15.3.3.9:	Robinson Memorial Window: Parable of the Good Samaritan (1916) (Extant)
15.3.3.10:	Weigel Memorial Window: David Set Singers Before The Lord (Extant)

Item 15.3.3.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Cooley Memorial Window
Theme:	The Good Shepherd [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 56
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:	[DH1897]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Dennis N. Cooley (7 Nov 1825 - 13 Nov 1892) [INSCRIPTION, DH1897, ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
	and also his wife, Clara Aldrich Cooley (13 Sep 1892 - 16 Nov 1925) [ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	Cooley family [TIFF1897, WEB]
Date:	In place when building dedicated, May 1897 [DH1897, NWCA1897]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORIAM / D N COOLEY [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ the Good Shepherd
Cost:	The five 1897 memorial windows cost $12000 in total [DH1897]
Restoration:	Restored by Bovard Studio in 2002 [BOV2011]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 (p. 87) quotes an extract from a letter by Mrs. Cooley on behalf of the family "expressing our satisfaction and admiration of the work" [TIFF1897]
	Tiffany 1897 (p. 88) quotes an extract from a letter by a daughter, Mrs. John F. Douglass, expressing a similar sentiment [TIFF1897]

Item 15.3.3.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Richardson Memorial Window
Theme:	Resurrection Angel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Angel Among the Lilies [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 56
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:	[DH1897]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Harriet Lucille Richardson [INSCRIPTION, DH1897, ORG]
Donor:	her parents [ORG]
Date:	In place when building dedicated, May 1897 [DH1897, NWCA1897]
Size:	about 10' high x 8' wide [DH1897]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	BLESSED ARE THE PVRE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD / IN MEMORIAM / HARRIET LVCILLE RICHARDSON [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel of Resurrection

Item 15.3.3.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Hancock Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of Victory [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 56
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:	[DH1897]
Designer:
Memorial details:	John Thomas Hancock (12 Nov 1824 - 13 Aug 1894) [INSCRIPTION, DH1897, ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Bertha Enz Hancock, and family [ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	In place when building dedicated, May 1897 [DH1897, NWCA1897]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	JOHN THOMAS HANCOCK / 1824 - 1894 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Angel of Victory

Item 15.3.3.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Staples Memorial Window
Theme:	Ascension [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 56
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:	[DH1897]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Dr. George McLellan Staples (26 Apr 1827 - 7 Sep 1895) [INSCRIPTION, DH1897, ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
	and also his wife, Abigail (Abby) Croswell Phillips Staples (23 Aug 1832 - 13 Feb 1912) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	Abigail (Abby) Croswell Phillips Staples, and family [ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	In place when building dedicated, May 1897 [DH1897, NWCA1897]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORIAM / GEORGE M STAPLES 1827-1895 / AND / ABBY HIS WIFE 1832-1912 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Ascension

Item 15.3.3.5

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Farley Memorial Window
Theme:	Job [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 56
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:	[DH1897]
Designer:	Edward Peck Sperry [LOC1897, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	The Library of Congress has a photo of a design for the figure of Job credited to Sperry [LOC1897]
Memorial details:	Jesse P. Farley (2 Apr 1812 - 8 May 1894) [INSCRIPTION, DH1897, ORG]
Donor:
Date:	In place when building dedicated, May 1897 [DH1897, NWCA1897]
Size:	15' high x 18' wide [DH1897, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	FOR THE WORK OF A MAN SHALL HE RENDER UNTO HIM AND CAUSE EVERY MAN TO FIND ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS. JOB 34:11 // IN MEMORIAM JESSE P FARLEY / BORN APRIL 2, 1812 DIED MAY 8, 1894 [PHOTO, DH1897]
Category:	Job

Item 15.3.3.6

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	sliding door panels and windows [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 56
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 35
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Social Union, the Epworth League, L.O. Hillyard family, Mrs. Carrie A. Pollock, and Sarah J. Thomas [ORG]
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental

Item 15.3.3.7

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Chapman Memorial Window
Theme:	Baptism of Christ [DTH1916A]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[DTH1916A, NWCA1916]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Joseph Chapman and Catharine Chapman [INSCRIPTION, DTH1916A, NWCA1916]
Donor:	their family [ORG]
Date:	Installed ca. Mar 1916 [DTH1916A, NWCA1916]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / JOSEPH CHAPMAN / AND / CATHARINE CHAPMAN [PHOTO, DTH1916A]
Category:	Baptism

Item 15.3.3.8

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Lewis Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ and the Children [DTH1916B]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[DTH1916B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	General Warner Lewis and Caroline Fenimore Lewis [INSCRIPTION, DTH1916B]
Donor:	their daughters, Virgina Lewis Wales and Sarah Lewis Van Pelt [DTH1916B]
Date:	Unveiled 15 Oct 1916 [DTH1916B]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / WARNER / AND / CAROLINE LEWIS [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ Blessing Children

Item 15.3.3.9

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Robinson Memorial Window
Theme:	Parable of the Good Samaritan [DTH1916B]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[DTH1916B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Wilbur Emory Robinson (b. 11 Jul 1836) [INSCRIPTION, DTH1916B]
Donor:	his friends [DTH1916B]
Date:	Unveiled 15 Oct 1916 [DTH1916B]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	A TRIBUTE TO WILBUR EMORY ROBINSON / ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY, JULY 11, 1916 [PHOTO]
Category:	Good Samaritan

Item 15.3.3.10

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Weigel Memorial Window
Theme:	David Set Singers Before The Lord [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Louis C. Tiffany N.Y. [PHOTO]

Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Weigel family [INSCRIPTION, ORG]
Donor:	Fannie Weigel Tonner [ORG]
Date:
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	SING UNTO THE LORD SING PSALMS UNTO HIM TALK YE OF ALL HIS WONDROUS WORKS // TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF / THE WEIGEL FAMILY [PHOTO, ORG]
Category:	David
Location:	choir loft [ORG]

References

BOV2011:	Bovard Studio website (30 Mar 2011)
BOV2016:	Mandy Ford (Bovard Studio), personal communication (4 Aug 2016)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DH1897:	Dubuque Herald (9 May 1897, p. 11-12)
DTH1916A:	Dubuque Telegraph-Herald (17 Mar 1916, p. 4)
DTH1916B:	Dubuque Telegraph-Herald (13 Oct 1916, p. 5)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LOC1897:	Library of Congress, photograph (1897)
NWCA1897:	Northwestern Christian Advocate (19 May 1897, p. 19)
NWCA1916:	Northwestern Christian Advocate (16 Feb 1916, p. 182)
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)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information