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Tiffany Census

St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamstown, 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: 21.46.2
Rating: 1 star
Address: 35 Park Street
Location: Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.71368, -73.20604
Tiffany 1910: Page 73
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 45
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 also lists the Leake Memorial Tablet [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1895-1896 [DOME2023]
Architect: Rotch & Tilden [DOME2023]
Also of interest: 1897 Mole Memorial Window, "King David" by Maitland Armstrong [NYTR1897, ARCH1897]
Thompson Memorial Window, "Grapevine and Dove" which might be by Tiffany [SLOAN2014]
1926 and 1963 windows by Connick [ORG]
See also: David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census

Site Items

21.46.2.1: Huntoon Memorial Window: St. John (1897) (Extant) item has a photo
21.46.2.2: Geer Memorial Window: Boy Christ in Temple (1900) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 21.46.2.1

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Huntoon Memorial Window:  St. John
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Huntoon Memorial Window
Theme: St. John [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 73
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 45
Signature: COPYRIGHT 1897 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation: [BDA1897, BSH1897, BSP1897, BET1897]
Designer: Edward Peck Sperry [BDA1897, BSH1897, BSP1897, TIFF1893]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1893 credits Sperry as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details: Charles Samuel Huntoon (11 Feb 1823 - 29 Apr 1884) [INSCRIPTION, TDT1897, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his wife, Eliza M. Thayer Huntoon [TDT1897, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Copyright 1897 [SIGNATURE]
Dedicated Easter Sunday, 18 Apr 1897 [BDA1897, BSH1897, BSP1897, BET1897]
Inscription: In the / beginning / was the / Word and / the Word // was with / God and / the Word / was God / John I I // In memory of / Charles S / Huntoon [PHOTO]
Category: St. John

Item 21.46.2.2

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Geer Memorial Window
Theme: Boy Christ in Temple [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 73
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [TDT1900]
Designer:
Memorial details: Olin White Geer (25 June 1866 - 19 May 1884) [INSCRIPTION]
Donor: his parents, Asahel Clarke Geer and Helen Augusta Danforth Geer [TDT1900, WEB]
Date: Installed ca. Oct 1900 [TDT1900]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / OLIN WHITE GEER / BORN 25 JUNE 1866 DIED 19 MAY 1884 [PHOTO]
Category: Disputation in the Temple

References

ARCH1897: The Architectural League of New York Illustrated Catalogue of the Twelfth Annual Exhibition MDCCCXCVII (1897, p. 82, 93)
BDA1897: Boston Daily Advertiser (9 Apr 1897, p. 8)
BET1897: Boston Evening Transcript (14 Apr 1897, p. 16)
BSH1897: Boston Sunday Herald (11 Apr 1897, p. 29)
BSP1897: Boston Sunday Post (11 Apr 1897, p. 24)
DOME2023: Dome at the MIT Libraries (accessed 25 Jan 2023)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
NYTR1897: New York Daily Tribune (13 Mar 1897, p. 3)
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
SIGNATURE: Signature on item
SLOAN2014: Julie L. Sloan, personal communication (13 Aug 2014)
TDT1897: Troy Daily Times (18 Jun 1897, p. 4)
TDT1900: Troy Daily Times (5 Oct 1900, p. 5)
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)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information

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