Tiffany Census

Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, Chapel, New Orleans, Louisiana

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:	18.2.1
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	Corner of Chestnut Street and Sixth Street
Location:	New Orleans, Louisiana 70115, USA
Lat/Lng:	29.92716, -90.08512 (approx)
Tiffany 1910:	Page 57
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 36
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 lists the site twice, once under Chapel of the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, and once under Newcomb Memorial College [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Demolished
Building date:	1895 [PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Architect:
Comment:	The chapel was demolished in 1954 or 1965 (two different dates given) [ORG_NEW]
Also of interest:

Site Items

18.2.1.1:	Newcomb Memorial Window: The Resurrection (1895) (Removed)
18.2.1.2.a:	Le Monnier Memorial Window: St. Cecilia (1894) (Removed)
18.2.1.2.b:	Newcomb Memorial Window: King David (1894) (Removed)
18.2.1.3:	Newcomb Memorial Window: ornamental rose window (1895) (Removed)
18.2.1.4:	Newcomb Memorial Window: Good Samaritan (1897) (Removed)
18.2.1.5:	Callender Memorial Window: Supper at Emmaus (Removed)

Item 18.2.1.1

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

Status:	Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Newcomb Memorial Window
Theme:	The Resurrection [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 57
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 36
Signature:
Other documentation:	[PIC1895A]
Designer:	probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1893, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1893 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details:	Harriot (or Harriott or Harriet) Sophie Newcomb (29 Jul 1895 - 16 Dec 1870) [PIC1895A, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	Frank Walter Callender [PIC1895A]
	her mother, Josephine Louise Newcomb [ORG_NEW]
Date:	Commissioned 1894 [ORG_NEW]
	Installed by Apr 1895 [PIC1895A]
Size:	each lancet 8' high x 3' wide [FEM1997]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Inscription:	A LOVING TRIBUTE TO // HARRIOT SOPHIE NEWCOMB // FROM FRANK WALTER CALLENDER 1895 [PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Category:	Resurrection with Christ
Location:	chancel [PIC1895A]
History:	Removed from building in 1918 when College vacated site, and then placed into storage [HIST1919]
	Currently in Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Art Gallery (SITE:18.2.5) [ORG_NEW]
Restoration:	Restored at Jack Cushen Studio (co-owner Arthur J. Femenella) in ca. 1992 [FEM1997]
Same as item:	18.2.5.1

Item 18.2.1.2.a

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

Status:	Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Le Monnier Memorial Window
Theme:	St. Cecilia [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 57
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 36
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Mary Sophia Le Monnier [INSCRIPTION, PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Donor:	her daughter, Josephine Louise Le Monnier (Mrs. Warren) Newcomb [PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Date:	Installed 1894 [INSCRIPTION, PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Size:	86" high x 42" wide [FEM1997]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	ERECTED 1894 / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARY SOPHIA LE MONNIER [PHOTO, PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Category:	St. Cecilia
History:	Removed from building in 1918 when College vacated site, and then placed into storage [HIST1919]
	Currently in Tulane University, Myra Clare Rogers Chapel (SITE:18.2.6) [ORG_NEW]
Restoration:	Restored at Jack Cushen Studio (co-owner Arthur J. Femenella) in ca. 1992 [FEM1997]
Same as item:	18.2.6.1.a

Item 18.2.1.2.b

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

Status:	Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Newcomb Memorial Window (Le Monnier Memorial Window)
Theme:	King David [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 57
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 36
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Warren Newcomb (15 Oct 1814 - 28 Sep 1866) [PIC1895A, PIC1895B, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb [PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Date:	Installed 1894 [PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Size:	86" high x 42" wide [FEM1997]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	ERECTED 1894 / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / WARREN NEWCOMB / UNTO THEE O LORD / I COMMEND MY SPIRIT [PIC1895A, DEDUCED]
Category:	David
History:	Removed from building in 1918 when College vacated site, and then placed into storage [HIST1919]
	Currently in Tulane University, Myra Clare Rogers Chapel (SITE:18.2.6) [ORG_NEW]
Restoration:	Restored at Jack Cushen Studio (co-owner Arthur J. Femenella) in ca. 1992 [FEM1997]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Le Monnier Memorial Window because it was just included with the St. Cecilia window [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	18.2.6.1.b

Item 18.2.1.3

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

Status:	Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Newcomb Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental rose window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 57
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 36
Signature:
Other documentation:	[PIC1895C]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Harriot (or Harriott or Harriet) Sophie Newcomb (29 Jul 1895 - 16 Dec 1870) [INSCRIPTION, PIC1895C, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her mother, Josephine Louise Le Monnier (Mrs. Warren) Newcomb [PIC1895C]
Date:	Installed ca. Nov 1895 [PIC1895C]
Size:	6' in diameter [FEM1997]
Inscription:	H S N [PHOTO, PIC1895C]
Category:	Ornamental; Round Window
History:	Removed from building in 1918 when College vacated site, and then placed into storage [HIST1919]
	Currently in Tulane University, Myra Clare Rogers Chapel (SITE:18.2.6) [ORG_NEW]
Restoration:	Restored at Jack Cushen Studio (co-owner Arthur J. Femenella) in ca. 1992 [FEM1997]
Same as item:	18.2.6.2

Item 18.2.1.4

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

Status:	Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Newcomb Memorial Window
Theme:	Good Samaritan [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 57
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 36
Signature:
Other documentation:	[PIC1897]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [PIC1897]
Memorial details:	Warren Smith Newcomb (10 Aug 1872 - 14 Jan 1895) [INSCRIPTION, PIC1897]
Donor:	his brothers, Dalton Newcomb and Richard Tenbrock [PIC1897, INSCRIPTION]
Date:	Installed ca. Jan 1897 [PIC1897]
Size:	86" high x 42" wide [FEM1997]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	TO THE MEMORY OF / OVR BROTHER / WARREN SMITH NEWCOMB / BORN AVGVST 10 1872 / DIED JANVARY 14 1895 [PHOTO, PIC1897]
Category:	Good Samaritan
History:	Removed from building in 1918 when College vacated site, and then placed into storage [HIST1919]
	Currently in Tulane University, Myra Clare Rogers Chapel (SITE:18.2.6) [ORG_NEW]
Restoration:	Restored at Jack Cushen Studio (co-owner Arthur J. Femenella) in ca. 1992 [FEM1997]
Same as item:	18.2.6.3

Item 18.2.1.5

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

Status:	Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Callender Memorial Window
Theme:	Supper at Emmaus [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 57
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Frank Walter Callender [ORG_NEW]
Date:	Commissioned 1895 [ORG_NEW]
	Installed 1896 [ORG_NEW]
Size:	each lancet 110" high x 50" wide [FEM1997]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Emmaus
History:	Removed from building in 1918 when College vacated site, and then placed into storage [HIST1919]
	Currently in Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Art Gallery (SITE:18.2.5) [ORG_NEW]
Restoration:	Restored at Jack Cushen Studio (co-owner Arthur J. Femenella) in ca. 1992 [FEM1997]
Comment:	The window is not listed in Tiffany 1897 so the 1896 installation date might not be correct [TIFF1897, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	18.2.5.2

References

DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FEM1997:	Stained Glass, The Tiffany Windows of Newcomb College, Arthur J. Femenella (Winter 1997, Vol. 92, No. 4, p. 286-295)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1919:	A Brief History of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College 1887-1919, Brandt. V.B. Dixon (1919, p. 92-93, 183-184)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
ORG_NEW:	Organization that is new owner
PHOTO:	Photo of item
PIC1895A:	New Orleans Daily Picayune (19 Apr 1895, p. 11)
PIC1895B:	New Orleans Daily Picayune (29 Sep 1895, p. 24)
PIC1895C:	New Orleans Daily Picayune (12 Nov 1895, p. 3)
PIC1897:	New Orleans Daily Picayune (17 Jan 1897, p. 7)
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)