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Church of Our Saviour, Brookline, 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: 21.17.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 25 Monmouth Street
Location: Brookline, Massachusetts 02446, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.34427, -71.10887
Tiffany 1910: Page 68
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Page 42
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 place the church in Longwood, which is the neighborhood it is in [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1867-1868 [HIST1936]
Architect: Alexander Rice Esty [HIST1936]
Also of interest: 1883 window designed by Edward Burne-Jones and made by Morris and Co. [AMT2009]
1897-1898 window designed by George Hawley Hallowell and made by Heinigke & Bowen [AMT2009]
1939 window by Charles J. Connick [AMT2009]
1946 and 1961 windows by Connick Associates [AMT2009]

Site Items

21.17.1.1: Lincoln Memorial Window: Our Saviour (1896) (Extant)
21.17.1.2: Lawrence Memorial Window: ornamental (1896) (Extant)
21.17.1.3: Wales Memorial Window: Resurrection (1898) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 21.17.1.1

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Lincoln Memorial Window
Theme: Our Saviour [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 68
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Page 42
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor: William H. Lincoln [HIST1936]
Date: 1896 [HIST1936]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Christ
Location: central chancel [PHOTO, HIST1936]

Item 21.17.1.2

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Lawrence Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 68
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Page 42
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor: Francis William Lawrence [HIST1936]
Date: 1896 [HIST1936]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
Location: side chancel [PHOTO, HIST1936]

Item 21.17.1.3

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Wales Memorial Window
Theme: Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 68
Duncan 1980: Page 214
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: signed [ORG]
Other documentation: [BH1898, BET1898]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [BH1898, TIFF1896]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition for the angel [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:
Donor: John Wales [BH1898, BET1898, HIST1936]
Date: Unveiled Thanksgiving Day, 24 Nov 1898 [BH1898, BET1898]
Size: about 7' high [BH1898, BET1898]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO, BH1898]
Inscription:
Category: Resurrection without Christ
Location: nave, south side [BH1898, BET1898]
Comment: The window was a thank offering from Mr. Wales for recovery from illness [BH1898, BET1898]

References

AMT2009: 'Windows are architecture': William Morris, Viollet-le-Duc, and the Artistic Journey of Charles J. Connick, Albert M. Tannler (18 Oct 2009)
BET1898: Boston Evening Transcript (25 Nov 1898, p. 7)
BH1898: Boston Herald (25 Nov 1898, p. 10)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
HIST1936: A History of the Church of Our Saviour, Protestant Episcopal, in Longwood, Massachusetts from its Founding in 1836 to 1936, Herbert H. Fletcher (1936, p. 8, 158)
ORG: Organization
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)

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