Site Id: |
20.2.14 |
Rating: |
1 star |
Address: |
1900 St Paul Street |
Location: |
Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA |
Lat/Lng: |
39.31193, -76.61517 |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 61 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 212 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
Completeness: |
Medium |
Building status: |
Extant |
Building date: |
1898 [BS1898] |
Architect: |
Joseph Evans Sperry [BS1898] |
Comment: |
Tiffany was responsible for the 1898 decoration, under the personal supervision of F.W. Keuzelmann [BS1898] |
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and under the direction of René de Quélin [ORG] |
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The Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation says that the large circular window at the back of the sanctuary, the narthex windows, the clerestory windows and the mosaic floor in the entrance hall are all by Tiffany [LAND2012] |
Also of interest: |
1917 medallion window, in memory of Rena E. Kiel Robinson and Catherine M. Ludwig, by Joseph Lauber [ORG] |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Davis Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Good Shepherd [ORG] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
TIFFANY STUDIOS N.Y. 1917 [PHOTO] |
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Other documentation: |
[BA1918] |
Designer: |
probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition for the shepherd [TIFF1896] |
Memorial details: |
William Howard Davis (8 May 1878 - 20 Nov 1915) [INSCRIPTION, BA1918, FINDAGRAVE] |
Donor: |
his wife, Lola Blanche Ward Davis Tolson [INSCRIPTION, BA1918, FINDAGRAVE] |
Date: |
Signature 1917 [SIGNATURE] |
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Installed ca. Mar 1918 [BA1918] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO, BA1918] |
Inscription: |
IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM H DAVIS / 1838 1915 // A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION / ERECTED BY HIS WIFE [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Christ the Good Shepherd |
BA1918: |
Baltimore American (16 Mar 1918, p. 7) |
BS1898: |
Baltimore Sun (10 Oct 1898, p. 7) |
DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
LAND2012: |
The Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, Public Interior Landmark Designation Staff Report (10 Jul 2012) |
ORG: |
Organization |
PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
SIGNATURE: |
Signature on item |
TGM2017: |
Tiffany's Glass Mosaics, Kelly A. Conway and Lindsy R. Parrott (mosaic list compiled by Morgan T. Albahary) (2017, p. 232) |
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) |