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First Congregational Church, Haverhill, Massachusetts

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: 21.13.2
Rating: Nothing
Other name(s): North Congregational Church
Address: 232 Main Street
Location: Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.78001, -71.07783
Tiffany 1910: Page 67
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

21.13.2.1: Chase Memorial Window: Madonna (1903) (Removed) item has a photo
21.13.2.2: Seeley Memorial Window: Ascension (1904) (Removed) item has a photo
21.13.2.3: Gale Memorial Window: I Was Hungry and Ye Gave Me Meat (1906) (Removed) item has a photo
21.13.2.4: Nichols Memorial Window: Resurrection (1904) (Removed) item has a photo
21.13.2.5: Gardner Memorial Window: Christ in the Temple (Removed) item has a photo
21.13.2.6: Wood Memorial Window: Prayer of the Shepherds (Removed) item has a photo
21.13.2.7: Wentworth Memorial Window: Christ and Nicodemus (1912) (Removed) item has a photo
21.13.2.8: Carleton Memorial: The Sower (1911) (Removed) item has a photo
21.13.2.9: How Memorial Window: Mary and Martha (1913) (Removed) item has a photo

Item 21.13.2.1

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

Status: Removed [CC2011]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Chase Memorial Window
Theme: Madonna [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 67
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [CHASE1910]
Designer:
Memorial details: Abel Washington Chase (5 Oct 1833 - 14 Feb 1892) and H. Ellen Tate Chase (23 Nov 1836 - 13 Jun 1902) [INSCRIPTION, CHASE1910, CHASE1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: their children, Charles Clayton Chase and Alice Hall Chase [CHASE1910, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Date: Dedicated 11 April 1903 [STORY1976]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / H ELLEN TATE / CHASE / 1836 - 1902 // IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / A WASHINGTON / CHASE / 1833 - 1892 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category: Madonna
History: Window removed and sold in 2007, by Adrian Hamers [CC2011, WH2023]
Currently in Halim Time and Glass Museum, Evanston, IL (SITE:13.2.2) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 13.2.2.2

Item 21.13.2.2

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

Status: Removed [CC2011]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Seeley Memorial Window
Theme: Ascension [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 67
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [PAPER1904]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. Raymond H. Seeley (19 Feb 1812 - 7 Sep 1885) [INSCRIPTION, STORY1976, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: the congregation [STORY1976]
Date: Dedicated 18 Sep 1904 [PAPER1904, STORY1976]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / REV RAYMOND H SEELEY D D / 1812 - 1885 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category: Ascension
Location: over the altar [STORY1976]
History: Window removed and sold in 2007, by Adrian Hamers [CC2011, WH2023]
Currently in Halim Time and Glass Museum, Evanston, IL (SITE:13.2.2) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 13.2.2.3

Item 21.13.2.3

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Gale Memorial Window:  I Was Hungry and Ye Gave Me Meat
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CC2011]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Gale Memorial Window
Theme: I Was Hungry and Ye Gave Me Meat [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 67
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [CONG1906]
Designer:
Memorial details: Mary Brickett Davis Gale (6 Sep 1843 - 4 Jan 1895) [INSCRIPTION, STORY1976, FINDAGRAVE]
and also Hyde Gale (27 Nov 1876 - 11 Nov 1893) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her husband, John Elbridge Gale [CONG1906, STORY1976, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Installed ca. Oct 1906 [CONG1906]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: FOR I WAS AN HUNGERED / AND YE GAVE ME MEAT // IN / MEMORIAM / MARY BRICKETT / 1843 GALE 1895 // IN / MEMORIAM / HYDE GALE / 1876 + 1893 [PHOTO]
Category: Biblical Story
History: Window removed and sold in 2007, by Adrian Hamers [CC2011, WH2023]
Exhibited 2012-2016 in International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS), McAllen, TX [ORG_NEW, PHOTO]
Currently located in the Gelman Stained Glass Museum, San Juan, TX (SITE:38.15.1) (SITE:38.10.1) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 38.10.1.1; 38.15.1.38

Item 21.13.2.4

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

Status: Removed [CC2011]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Nichols Memorial Window (Gardner Memorial Window)
Theme: Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 67
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1893, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1893 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition (the design here being the right two lancets) [TIFF1893]
Memorial details: John Burbank Nichols (1814-1903) and Mary Nichols (1849-1900) [INSCRIPTION]
Donor: daughter / sister, Alice Nichols Gardner [STORY1976]
Date: Dedicated Easter Sunday, 3 April 1904 [STORY1976]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN LOVING / MEMORY OF / JOHN BURBANK / NICHOLS / 1814 - 1903 // IN LOVING / MEMORY OF / MARY NICHOLS / 1849 - 1900 [PHOTO]
Category: Resurrection with Christ
History: Window removed and sold in 2007, by Adrian Hamers [CC2011, WH2023]
Exhibited 2012-2016 in International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS), McAllen, TX (SITE:38.10.1) [ORG_NEW, PHOTO]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Gardner Memorial Window because Mrs. Gardner was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 38.10.1.2

Item 21.13.2.5

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Gardner Memorial Window:  Christ in the Temple
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CC2011]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Gardner Memorial Window
Theme: Christ in the Temple [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 67
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Alma Rosa (or Rose) Adams Gardner (21 Sep 1844 -20 Feb 1898) [INSCRIPTION, STORY1976, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her husband, S. Porter Gardner [STORY1976]
Date:
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN / LOVING / MEMORY / OF // ALMA / ROSA / GARDNER / 1844 - 1898 [PHOTO]
Category: Disputation in the Temple
History: Window removed and sold in 2007, by Adrian Hamers [CC2011, WH2023]
Exhibited 2012-2016 in International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS), McAllen, TX (SITE:38.10.1) [ORG_NEW, PHOTO]
After design: Painting by Heinrich Hofmann [PHOTO]
Same as item: 38.10.1.3

Item 21.13.2.6

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Wood Memorial Window:  Prayer of the Shepherds
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CC2011]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Wood Memorial Window
Theme: Prayer of the Shepherds [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 67
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK [ORG_NEW]
Other documentation:
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Moses Elbridge Wood (1816-1883) and Judith Swett Wood (1819-1901) [INSCRIPTION, STORY1976]
Donor: their son, Elbridge Guest Wood [STORY1976]
Date:
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN LOVING / MEMORY OF / MOSES ELBRIDGE / WOOD / 1816 - 1883 // IN LOVING / MEMORY OF / JUDITH SWETT / WOOD / 1819 - 1901 [PHOTO]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd
History: Window removed and sold in 2007, by Adrian Hamers [CC2011, WH2023]
Currently in Halim Time and Glass Museum, Evanston, IL (SITE:13.2.2) [HALIM2015, PHOTO]
Same as item: 13.2.2.4

Item 21.13.2.7

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Wentworth Memorial Window:  Christ and Nicodemus
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CC2011]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Wentworth Memorial Window
Theme: Christ and Nicodemus [DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Eli Plummer Wentworth (22 Apr 1834 - 16 Oct 1897) [INSCRIPTION, BET1912, STORY1976, FINDAGRAVE]
and also Abbie Frances Parker Wentworth (Apr 1841 - 21 Jul 1922) [INSCRIPTION]
Donor: his son, Arthur Wentworth [STORY1976]
Date: Installed ca. Jun 1912 [BET1912]
Dedicated 1912 [STORY1976]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: "CHRIST AND // NICODEMUS" // IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ABBIE F WENTWORTH / 1841 - 1922 // ELI P WENTWORTH / 1834 - 1897 [PHOTO]
Category: Christ and Nicodemus
History: Window removed and sold in 2007, by Adrian Hamers [CC2011, WH2023]
Currently in Halim Time and Glass Museum, Evanston, IL (SITE:13.2.2) [ORG_NEW]
Comment: Tne inscription was evidently updated after Mrs. Wentworth died [DEDUCED]
Same as item: 13.2.2.8

Item 21.13.2.8

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Carleton Memorial:  The Sower
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CC2011]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Carleton Memorial
Theme: The Sower [DUNC1980, BP1911]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation: [BP1911, BSH1911]
Designer:
Memorial details: James Hazen Carleton (9 Mar 1818 - 20 Mar 1893) and Mary Cook Howe Carleton (25 Mar 1819 - 2 Sep 1882) [INSCRIPTION, BET1911, BJ1911, BSH1911, STORY1976, WEB]
Donor: church funds [STORY1976]
Date: Dedicated 24 September 1911 [BET1911, BJ1911, BP1911]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO, BP1911, BSH1911]
Inscription: "BEHOLD A SOWER // WENT FORTH TO SOW" // IN MEMORIAM / JAMES H CARLETON / 1818 - 1893 // IN MEMORIAM / MARY H CARLETON / 1819 1882 [PHOTO, BJ1911]
Category: Parable of the Sower
History: Window removed and sold in 2007, by Adrian Hamers [CC2011, WH2023]

Item 21.13.2.9

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How Memorial Window:  Mary and Martha
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CC2011]
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name: How Memorial Window
Theme: Mary and Martha [STORY1976]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [STORY1976]
Designer:
Memorial details: Moses How (24 Jun 1819 - 12 Jan 1896), Harriet Newell Gale How (4 Jun 1821- 11 Aug 1856), George Calvin How (13 Jul 1846 - 14 Dec 1912) and Frances Hooker Seeley How (31 Aug 1846 - 1 Jan 1913) [INSCRIPTION, BOOT1913, STORY1976, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: grandchildren / children, Grace Frances How Rustin and Pauline How Douglas [BG1913, BOOT1913, STORY1976]
and also Jeanette How [STORY1976]
Date: Special mention of the window made at the service, 9 Nov 1913 [BG1913]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: "THE MASTER IS COME // AND CALLETH FOR THEE" // IN / MEMORY OF / MOSES HOW / 1819 - 1896 / AND HARRIET N. HOW / 1821 - 1856 // IN / MEMORY OF / GEORGE C. HOW / 1846 - 1912 / AND / FRANCES H. HOW / 1846 - 1913 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category: Christ at Home of Martha and Mary
History: Window removed and sold in 2007, by Adrian Hamers [CC2011, WH2023]

References

BET1911: Boston Evening Transcript (22 Sep 1911, p. 11)
BET1912: Boston Evening Transcript (8 Jun 1912, Part 3, p. 8)
BG1913: Boston Globe (10 Nov 1913, p. 14)
BJ1911: Boston Journal (24 Sep 1911, p. 6)
BOOT1913: Boot and Shoe Recorder (25 Jun 1913, p. 105)
BP1911: Boston Post (23 Sep 1911, p. 2)
BSH1911: Boston Sunday Herald (22 Oct 1911, Pictorial Section)
CC2011: Cynthia Cirome, personal communication (23 Jul 2011)
CHASE1908: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter (ed.) (1908, Vol. I, p. 1225)
CHASE1910: The Chase Chronicle (1910?, p. 6)
CONG1906: The Congregationalist and Christian World (3 Nov 1906, p. 591)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HALIM2015: Halim Time and Glass Museum website (1 Oct 2015)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
ORG_NEW: Organization that is new owner
PAPER1904: Our Paper (24 Sep 1904, p. 619)
PHOTO: Photo of item
STORY1976: The Story of the Windows in the First Congregational Church, Ronald C. Kimball (ed.) (1976)
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)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information
WH2023: Whittier Hamers, personal communication (1 Mar 2023)

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