Tiffany Census

First Parish in Brookline, 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:	21.5.3
Rating:	1 star
Other name(s):	Unitarian Congregational Church
Address:	382 Walnut Street
Location:	Brookline, Massachusetts 02445, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.32713, -71.13067
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 lists the building twice, once under Unitarian Congregational Church (as it is also listed in Tiffany 1897) and once under First Parish Unitarian Church [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1893 [HIST1947]
Architect:	Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge [HIST1947]
Also of interest:	Windows by Charles J. Connick, Clayton and Bell, Redding, Baird & Company, William J. MacPherson, Reynolds, Francis and Rohnstock, George W. Spence [ORG]

Site Items

21.5.3.1.a:	Brown Memorial Window: ornamental (1895) (Extant)
21.5.3.1.b:	Jackson Memorial Window: ornamental (1895) (Extant)
21.5.3.1.c:	Knapp Memorial Window: ornamental (1895) (Extant)
21.5.3.1.d:	Pierce Memorial Window: ornamental (1895) (Extant)
21.5.3.1.e:	Hedge Memorial Window: ornamental (1895) (Extant)
21.5.3.1.f:	Allen Memorial Window: ornamental (1895) (Extant)
21.5.3.1.g:	Potter Memorial Window: ornamental (1895) (Extant)
21.5.3.2:	Sweetser Memorial Window: The Nativity (1905) (Extant)
21.5.3.3:	Moller Memorial Window: The Angel Gabriel (1920) (Extant)

Item 21.5.3.1.a

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Brown Memorial Window (Pastors Memorial Window)
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	mediaeval helmet and breastplate [BH1895]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BH1895]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. Cotton Brown, pastor 1748-1751 [BH1895]
Donor:	suggested by Rev. Howard N. Brown and installed with money raised by him [HIST1947]
Date:	Installed ca. Oct 1895 [BH1895]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation. [BH1895]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	chancel [HIST1947]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list all seven panes just as one, the Pastors Memorial Window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

Item 21.5.3.1.b

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Jackson Memorial Window (Pastors Memorial Window)
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	star of Bethlehem [BH1895]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BH1895]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. Joseph Jackson, pastor 1760-1796 [BH1895]
Donor:	suggested by Rev. Howard N. Brown and installed with money raised by him [HIST1947]
Date:	Installed ca. Oct 1895 [BH1895]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Peace I leave with you: my peace I give unto you. [BH1895]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	chancel [HIST1947]

Item 21.5.3.1.c

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Knapp Memorial Window (Pastors Memorial Window)
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	seven-branched candlestick of the temple [BH1895]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BH1895]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. Frederic Newman Knapp, pastor 1847-1855 [BH1895]
Donor:	suggested by Rev. Howard N. Brown and installed with money raised by him [HIST1947]
Date:	Installed ca. Oct 1895 [BH1895]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven. [BH1895]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	chancel [HIST1947]

Item 21.5.3.1.d

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Pierce Memorial Window (Pastors Memorial Window)
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	instrument of salvation in a combination with the vine and the grapes [BH1895]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BH1895]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. John Pierce, pastor 1797-1849 [BH1895]
Donor:	suggested by Rev. Howard N. Brown and installed with money raised by him [HIST1947]
Date:	Installed ca. Oct 1895 [BH1895]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	I am the true vine, you are the branches. [BH1895]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	chancel [HIST1947]

Item 21.5.3.1.e

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Hedge Memorial Window (Pastors Memorial Window)
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	antique lamp [BH1895]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BH1895]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. Frederic Hedge, pastor 1855-1872 [BH1895]
Donor:	suggested by Rev. Howard N. Brown and installed with money raised by him [HIST1947]
Date:	Installed ca. Oct 1895 [BH1895]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	AND / THEY THAT BE / WISE SHALL SHINE AS THE / BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT / AND THEY THAT TURN / MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AS / THE STARS FOREVER AND EVER [PHOTO, BH1895]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	chancel [HIST1947]

Item 21.5.3.1.f

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Allen Memorial Window (Pastors Memorial Window)
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	crown surrounded by radiating light and conventionalized vine [BH1895]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BH1895]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. James Allen, first pastor, 1718-1747 [BH1895]
Donor:	suggested by Rev. Howard N. Brown and installed with money raised by him [HIST1947]
Date:	Installed ca. Oct 1895 [BH1895]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	I am the resurrection and the life. [BH1895]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	chancel [HIST1947]

Item 21.5.3.1.g

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Potter Memorial Window (Pastors Memorial Window)
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	vine, shield, sword and the holy book [BH1895]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BH1895]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. Nathaniel Potter, pastor 1755-1759 [BH1895]
Donor:	suggested by Rev. Howard N. Brown and installed with money raised by him [HIST1947]
Date:	Installed ca. Oct 1895 [BH1895]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. [BH1895]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	chancel [HIST1947]

Item 21.5.3.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Sweetser Memorial Window
Theme:	The Nativity [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BG1905]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [HIST1947]
Memorial details:	Frank Eliot Sweetser (30 Mar 1850 - 9 Dec 1904) [BG1905, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Susan Jameson Anderson Sweetser [HIST1947, WEB]
Date:	Unveiled 25 Dec 1905 [BG1905]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Nativity
Location:	south wall, center [HIST1947]

Item 21.5.3.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Moller Memorial Window
Theme:	The Angel Gabriel [ORG]
	Return of the Soul [BH1920, BP1920]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BP1920]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Elizabeth Sweetser Moller (10 Sep 1884 - 16 Dec 1918) [INSCRIPTION, BH1920, BP1920]
Donor:	her husband, Kenneth Moller [BH1920, BP1920]
Date:	Dedicated Thanksgiving Day, 25 Nov 1920 [BH1920]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	ELIZABETH SWEETSER MOLLER // SEPTEMBER 10, 1884 / DECEMBER 16, 1918 [PHOTO, BH1920, BP1920]
Category:	Gabriel; Return of the Soul
Location:	south wall, west end [HIST1947]

References

BG1905:	Boston Globe (25 Dec 1905, p. 3)
BH1895:	Boston Herald (6 Oct 1895, p. 3)
BH1920:	Boston Herald (24 Nov 1920, p. 9)
BP1920:	Boston Post (2 Dec 1920, p. 2)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1947:	The First Parish in Brookline, an Historical Sketch, Part Two, Francis P. Denny, assisted by Gorham Dana, Henry Ware and Mrs. Bertram K. Little (1947, p. 37, 50-51)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
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)
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