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Tiffany Census

Winchester Public Library, Winchester, 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: 21.54.1
Rating: Nothing
Address: 71 Mt. Vernon Street
Location: Winchester, Massachusetts 01890, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.45281, -71.13453
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1887 [MHC1979]
Architect: Rand and Taylor [MHC1979]
Also of interest:

Site Items

21.54.1.1: Tyler Memorial Window: Gutenberg (1894) (Removed)

Item 21.54.1.1

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

Status: Removed [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Tyler Memorial Window
Theme: Gutenberg [ORG, BDA1894, LJ1895, TIFF1913, TIFF1922]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Other Tiffany documentation: Tiffany 1913 and Tiffany 1922 show a design for the window [TIFF1913, TIFF1922]
Signature:
Other documentation: [BJ1894, BET1894A, BDA1894, BET1894B, LJ1895]
Designer: Frederick Wilson and Joseph Lauber [BET1894B, LJ1895]
Memorial details: Joseph Howe Tyler (11 Feb 1825 - 11 Jul 1892) [BJ1894, BET1894A, BDA1894, BET1894B, LJ1895, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his wife [BJ1894, BET1894B]
and also their children [BJ1894]
Date: Installed ca. Nov 1894 [BDA1894, BET1894B]
Lancets: 3 [BDA1894, BET1894B, LJ1895]
Inscription: In memory of / Joseph Howe Tyler / Born XI February MDCCCXXV / Died XI July MDCCCLXXXXII // Happy is the man that / findeth wisdom and the / man that getteth un- / derstanding. Proverbs / III XIII [BDA1894, BET1894B, LJ1895]
Category: Historic Figure
History: Moved to new library building (SITE:21.54.2) in 1931 [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1913 and Tiffany 1922 say the window is in memory of a Charles H. Tyler [TIFF1913, TIFF1922]
Same as item: 21.54.2.1

References

BDA1894: Boston Daily Advertiser (12 Nov 1894, p. 2)
BET1894A: Boston Evening Transcript (13 Mar 1894, p. 10)
BET1894B: Boston Evening Transcript (13 Nov 1894, p. 6)
BJ1894: Boston Journal (13 Mar 1894, p. 7)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
LJ1895: The Library Journal (Feb 1895, Vol. 20, No. 2, p. 65)
MHC1979: Massachusetts Historical Commission, Edward Leonard Galvin (1979)
ORG: Organization
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)
TIFF1913: Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios (1913)
TIFF1922: Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios, (1922, second edition)

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