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Tiffany Census

Home for Little Wanderers, Boston, 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: 21.4.20
Rating: Nothing
Address: 161 S. Huntington Avenue
Location: Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.32705, -71.11169 (approx)
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Demolished
Building date: 1914 [JPG2012, BG2012]
Architect:
Comment: Building demolished ca. 2014 [BG2013, STREETVIEW]
Also of interest:

Site Items

21.4.20.1: Cooper Memorial Window: Christ Blessing Children (1901) (Removed)

Item 21.4.20.1

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

Status: Removed [JPG2012, BG2012]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Cooper Memorial Window
Theme: Christ Blessing Children [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 65
Duncan 1980: Page 213
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [BG1901]
Designer:
Memorial details: Elizabeth F.K. Cooper (1830 - 10 Dec 1894) [INSCRIPTION, BG1901, BH1901, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her husband, Rev. Varnum Augustus Cooper, superintendent of the Home at the time [INSCRIPTION, BG1901, FINDAGRAVE]
and also their daughter, Hattie B. Cooper [BG1901]
Date: Unveiled 20 Oct 1901 [BG1901, BH1901]
Size: 5' diameter [BG1901, BH1901]
Inscription: SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME / GIFT OF REV. V.A. COOPER, D.D., IN MEMORY OF / ELIZABETH F. K. COOPER / HIS WIFE AND COMPANION IN SERVICE. A.D. 1901 [PHOTO]
Category: Christ Blessing Children; Round Window
History: Originally located in previous building of organisation (SITE:20.4.15) [JPG2012, BG2012]
In 1914 moved with organisation to here [JPG2012, BG2012]
Removed from here and placed into storage in ca. 2012 when organisation sold the site [JPG2012, BG2012]
After design: Painting by Heinrich Hofmann [PHOTO]
Same as item: 21.4.15.1

References

BG1901: Boston Globe (21 Oct 1901, p. 4)
BG2012: Boston Globe (30 Oct 2012)
BG2013: Boston Globe (3 Dec 2013)
BH1901: Boston Herald (21 Oct 1901, p. 7)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
JPG2012: Jamaica Plain Gazette (26 Oct 2012)
PHOTO: Photo of item
STREETVIEW: Google StreetView
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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