| Site Id: |
2.1.74 |
| Rating: |
2 stars |
| Other name(s): |
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims |
| Address: |
75 Hicks Street |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11201, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
40.69944, -73.99301 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
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| Architect: |
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| Also of interest: |
1901 Hatch Memorial Window, "St. Paul and St. Barnabas", by Heinigke & Bowen, originally located in Church of the Pilgrims (SITE:2.1.23) [EAGLE1901A, EAGLE1901B, BL1901, PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
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1902 Storrs Memorial Window, "Ascension", by Heinigke & Bowen, originally located in Church of the Pilgrims (SITE:2.1.23) [EAGLE1901A, EAGLE1902A, EAGLE1902B, BL1902, PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
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1902 Stranahan Memorial Window, "Moses and Elijah", by Heinigke & Bowen, originally located in Church of the Pilgrims (SITE:2.1.23) [EAGLE1902C, PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
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1907 Corning Memorial Window, "The Plea of John Hampden and Pym before Charles I for the Bill of Rights", by Lamb Studios [BL1907] |
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1907 Duryea Memorial Window, "Milton Writing the Plea for the Liberty of the Printing Press", by Lamb Studios [BL1907] |
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1907 Morrell Memorial Window, "Oliver Cromwell Announcing to George Fox Personal Liberty of Worship", by Lamb Studios [BL1907] |
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1907 Howard Memorial Window, "The Prayer on the Deck of the Speedwell just prior to the Pilgrims leaving Delftshaven", by Lamb Studios [BL1907] |
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1907 Storrs Memorial Window, "The Signing of the Compact on the Mayflower", by Lamb Studios [BL1907] |
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1907 Hentz Memorial Window, "The Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth", by Lamb Studios [BL1907] |
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1907 Boyle Memorial Window, "The Founding of Harvard College", by Lamb Studios [BL1907] |
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1907 White Memorial Window, "John Eliot Preaching to the Indians", by Lamb Studios [BL1907] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Chittenden Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Scenes in the Life of Christ [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG_NEW] |
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Jewel Window [ORG_NEW] |
| Description: |
six medallions (The Angel's Song, The Three Wise Men, Aged Simeon and the Child Jesus, The Annunciation, Christ Praying, and Women Visiting the Tomb) [PHOTO, EAGLE1890, NYT1890, NYS1890, CONG1890, NYH1891, AB1890] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 15 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1890, NYT1890, NYS1890, AB1890, NYTR1890, CONG1890] |
| Designer: |
Louis Comfort Tiffany [NYH1891] |
| Memorial details: |
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (29 Mar 1814 - 14 Apr 1889) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Hartwell Chittenden (29 Sep 1818 - 3 Sep 1852) [EAGLE1890, NYT1890, NYS1890, BRSU1890, NYTR1890, NYH1891, CONG1890, AB1890, INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE, WEB] |
| Donor: |
their son, Simeon B. Chittenden, Jr. [EAGLE1890, NYT1890, NYS1890, BRSU1890, NYTR1890, CONG1890, NYH1891] |
| Date: |
Contracted by Mar 1890 [CONG1890] |
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Unveiled May 1890 [BRSU1890] |
| Size: |
21' high x 9' wide [EAGLE1890, NYT1890, NYS1890, NYTR1890, CONG1890, NYH1891, AB1890] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
HOLINESS BECOMETH THINE / HOVSE O LORD / FOREVER // BEHOLD / I BRING YOV / GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY / WHICH / SHALL / BE TO ALL / PEOPLE / LVKE II // THE / HOLY GHOST / SHALL COME / VPON THEE / AND / THE / POWER OF THE / HIGHEST SHALL / OVERSHADOW / THEE // FOR / MINE EYES / HAVE SEEN / THY / SALVATION / LVKE II // COME / SEE THE / PLACE WHERE / THE / LORD LAY / MATT XXVIII // SIMEON BALDWIN CHITTENDEN / MARY HARTWELL CHITTENDEN [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Medallion; Christ |
| Cost: |
in range $4000 to $5000 [EAGLE1890, NYT1890, NYS1890, NYTR1890] |
| History: |
Originally in Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, NY (SITE:2.1.23) [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, EAGLE1890, NYT1890, NYS1890] |
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Removed in ca. 1943 when building sold [ORG] |
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Installed in current location in 1953 [EAGLE1953, ORG] |
| Same as item: |
2.1.23.1 |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Thayer Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Cornelius and the Angel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG_NEW] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 15 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1897] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [EAGLE1897, TIFF1896] |
| Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
| Memorial details: |
George Alexander Thayer (11 Oct 1821 - 3 May 1895) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1897, FINDAGRAVE] |
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and also Jane Jones Thayer (31 Jan 1829 - 19 May 1911) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
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| Date: |
Unveiled Easter Sunday, 18 Apr 1897 [EAGLE1897] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
THY / PRAYERS & // THINE ALMS ARE // COME VP FOR A // MEMORIAL BEFORE / GOD // 1821 GEORGE A THAYER 1895 // 1829 JANE J THAYER 1911 [PHOTO, EAGLE1897] |
| Category: |
Cornelius |
| History: |
Originally in Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, NY (SITE:2.1.23) [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, EAGLE1897] |
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Removed in ca. 1943 when building sold [ORG] |
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Installed in current location in 1953 [EAGLE1953, ORG] |
| Comment: |
The inscription was evidently updated after Mrs. Thayer died [DEDUCED] |
| Same as item: |
2.1.23.2 |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Stillman Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
The Valiant Woman [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, TIFF1922, ORG] |
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The Virtuous Woman [BT1903, EAGLE1903A, EAGLE1903B, BRSU1903A, BL1903, NYTR1903] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 16 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Other Tiffany documentation: |
Tiffany 1922 has a photo of the window [TIFF1922] |
| Signature: |
TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO] |
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| Other documentation: |
[BT1903, EAGLE1903A, EAGLE1903B, EAGLE1903C, BRSU1903A, BRSU1903B, BL1903, NYTR1903] |
| Designer: |
Louis Comfort Tiffany [BT1903, EAGLE1903A, EAGLE1903B, EAGLE1903C, BRSU1903A, NYTR1903] |
| Memorial details: |
Elizabeth Greenman Stillman [BT1903, EAGLE1903A, EAGLE1903B, EAGLE1903C, BRSU1903A, BRSU1903B, BL1903, NYTR1903] |
| Donor: |
her husband, Thomas E. Stillman [BT1903, EAGLE1903A, EAGLE1903C, BRSU1903A, NYTR1903] |
| Date: |
Dedicated 7 Jun 1903 (it was supposed to be dedicated 31 May but was delayed a week) at original site [BT1903, EAGLE1903A, EAGLE1903B, EAGLE1903C, BRSU1903A, BRSU1903B, BL1903, NYTR1903] |
| Size: |
17' high [BT1903, NYTR1903] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO, TIFF1922, BT1903] |
| Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM / ELIZABETH G. STILLMAN // THE WOMAN THAT FEARETH / THE LORD SHE SHALL BE / PRAISED GIVE HER OF THE / FRUIT OF HER HANDS AND / LET HER OWN WORKS / PRAISE HER IN THE GATES [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Valiant Woman |
| History: |
Originally in Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, NY (SITE:2.1.23) [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, EAGLE1903A, EAGLE1903B, EAGLE1903C, BRSU1903A] |
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Removed in ca. 1943 when building sold [ORG] |
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Installed in current location in 1953 [EAGLE1953, ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 and Tiffany 1922 say that the window is in Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, NY (SITE:2.1.30), and so Tiffany Studios evidently confused the two churches [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, TIFF1922, DEDUCED] |
| Same as item: |
2.1.23.3; Presumably 2.1.30.6 |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Cotton Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
The Resurrection Angel [ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[ORG] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Mary Read Haddock Cotton (May 1844 - 21 Jan 1908) [EAGLE1908, INSCRIPTION, NYS1908, WEB] |
| Donor: |
her (second) husband, Captain Gilbert Palmer Cotton [EAGLE1908, WEB] |
| Date: |
Dedicated 1 Nov 1908 [EAGLE1908] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART / FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD // IN LOVING MEMORY OF // MARY READ HADDOCK COTTON [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Angel of Resurrection |
| History: |
Originally in Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, NY (SITE:2.1.23) [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
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Removed in ca. 1943 when building sold [ORG] |
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Installed in current location in 1953 [EAGLE1953, ORG] |
| Comment: |
There is another Tiffany window (ITEM:29.2.1.1) in her memory in Church of the Transfiguration, Bretton Woods, NH (SITE:29.2.1) [DEDUCED] |
| Same as item: |
2.1.23.4 |
| AB1890: |
Architecture and Building (31 May 1890, p. 261) |
| BL1901: |
Brooklyn Life (12 Oct 1901, p. 14) |
| BL1902: |
Brooklyn Life (25 Jan 1902, p. 13-14) |
| BL1903: |
Brooklyn Life (6 Jun 1903, p. 5) |
| BL1907: |
Brooklyn Life (23 Nov 1907, p. 13) |
| BRSU1890: |
Brooklyn Standard Union (17 May 1890, p. 5) |
| BRSU1903A: |
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (31 May 1903, p. 12) |
| BRSU1903B: |
Brooklyn Standard Union (1 Jun 1903, p. 7) |
| BT1903: |
The Brooklyn Times (30 May 1903, p. 9) |
| CONG1890: |
The Congregationalist (27 Mar 1890) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1890: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (18 Mar 1890, p. 6) |
| EAGLE1897: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (18 Apr 1897, Easter Supplement, p. 8-9) |
| EAGLE1901A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (22 Jul 1901, p. 1) |
| EAGLE1901B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (23 Sep 1901, p. 3) |
| EAGLE1902A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (14 Jan 1902, p. 3) |
| EAGLE1902B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (31 Mar 1902, p. 3) |
| EAGLE1902C: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (3 Oct 1902, p. 16) |
| EAGLE1903A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (31 May 1903, p. 11) |
| EAGLE1903B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (6 Jun 1903, p. 5) |
| EAGLE1903C: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (8 Jun 1903, p. 5) |
| EAGLE1908: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (31 Oct 1908, p. 10) |
| EAGLE1953: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (15 Oct 1953, p. 8) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYH1891: |
New York Herald (19 Apr 1891, Brooklyn Supplement, p. 1) |
| NYS1890: |
New York Sun (3 Jun 1890, p. 7) |
| NYS1908: |
New York Sun (25 Jan 1908, p. 2) |
| NYT1890: |
New York Times (23 Mar 1890, p. 16) |
| NYTR1890: |
New York Daily Tribune (19 Mar 1890, p. 12) |
| NYTR1903: |
New York Daily Tribune (31 May 1903, Part II, p. 10) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| ORG_NEW: |
Organization that is new owner |
| 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) |
| TIFF1896: |
Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896) |
| 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) |
| TIFF1922: |
Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios, (1922, second edition) |
| WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
