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Northminster Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Maryland

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: 20.2.17
Rating: Nothing
Address: Corner of St. Paul Street and North Avenue
Location: Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA
Lat/Lng: 39.31089, -76.61467 (approx)
Tiffany 1910: Page 61
Duncan 1980: Page 212
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Duncan 1980 lists the church twice, once under Northminster Presbyterian Church and once under Boundary Avenue Presbyterian Church, which was its original name and how it was listed in Tiffany 1893 [TIFF1893, DUNC1980]
Although Tiffany 1893 lists the church, Tiffany 1897 has no entry for the church [TIFF1893, TIFF1897]
Completeness: High
Building status: Demolished
Building date: 1884-1885 [HIST1905]
Architect:
Comment: Building razed 1959 and congregation moved to Reisterstown, MD [BS1959]
Also of interest:

Site Items

20.2.17.1: Morton Memorial Window: Eventide (1909) (Unknown) item has a photo

Item 20.2.17.1

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

Status: Unknown
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Morton Memorial Window (Dyer Memorial Window)
Theme: Eventide [BS1909A, BS1909C, BA1909A, BA1909B, BA1909C]
Description: landscape [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 61
Duncan 1980: Page 212
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [BS1909A, BA1909A, BA1909B, BA1909C]
Designer: Louis Comfort Tiffany [BS1909A, BA1909A, BA1909B, BA1909C]
Memorial details: Alfred Bennett Morton, Nancy Joy Morton, Dudley T. Morton, Frederick Morton, Amelia A. Morton and Priscilla B. Morton [BS1909C, BA1909C, BS1909B]
Donor: son / son / brother / brother / brother / brother, Franklin J. Morton, and daughter / daughter / sister / sister / sister / sister, Mrs. Horatio P. Dyer [BS1909A, BS1909B, BS1909C, BA1909B, BA1909C]
Date: Dedicated 3 Oct 1909 [BS1909B, BS1909C, BA1909B, BA1909C]
Inscription:
Category: Landscape
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Dyer Memorial Window because Mrs. Dyer was a donor and likely the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment: The window was originally supposed to be dedicated 26 Sep 1909 but it was delayed a week because the window was not ready [BS1909A, BA1909A, BA1909B]

References

BA1909A: Baltimore American (24 Sep 1909, p. 12, 15)
BA1909B: Baltimore American (27 Sep 1909, p. 14)
BA1909C: Baltimore American (4 Oct 1909, p. 12)
BS1909A: Baltimore Sun (24 Sep 1909, p. 9)
BS1909B: Baltimore Sun (27 Sep 1909, 9)
BS1909C: Baltimore Sun (4 Oct 1909, p. 8)
BS1959: Baltimore Sun (2 Apr 1959, p. 24)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
HIST1905: 1880-1905 Historical Memorial Northminster Presbyterian Church Baltimore, Md. (1905, p. 11)
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)

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