| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Horsford Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
The Four Elements [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 66 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 40 |
| Signature: |
not signed [SYMPH1990] |
| Other documentation: |
[CT1895B, CC1895A, BSH1895, BP1895, BET1895A, NYT1895, CC1899, HIST1900] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [CT1895B, CC1895A, BSH1895, BP1895, BET1895A, BSG1895, NYT1895, HIST1900] |
| Memorial details: |
Eben Norton Horsford (27 Jul 1818 - 1 Jan 1893) [INSCRIPTION, CT1895B, CC1895B, CC1895A, BSH1895, BJ1895, BP1895, BDA1895, BH1895, BET1895A, BET1895B, BSG1895, BDG1895, NYT1895, HIST1900, SYMPH1990] |
|
and also his second wife, Phoebe Dayton Gardiner Horsford (13 Aug 1826 - 8 Oct 1900) [INSCRIPTION, SYMPH1990, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his family [CC1895A, BSH1895, BJ1895, BDA1895, BET1895B, BSG1895, BDG1895] |
|
Eben Norton Horsford bequest [SYMPH1990] |
| Date: |
Installed Apr 1895 [CC1895A, BET1895A, NYT1895] |
|
Dedicated Easter Sunday, 14 Apr 1895 [CT1895B, CC1895A, CC1895B, BSH1895, BJ1895, BP1895, BDA1895, BH1895, BSG1895, BDG1895, BET1895B, HIST1900] |
| Lancets: |
4 [PHOTO, BSH1895, BJ1895, BP1895, NYT1895, BSG1895, BDG1895, BET1895A, BET1895B, HIST1900] |
| Inscription: |
THE SMOKE OF THE INCENSE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS ASCENDED UP BEFORE GOD // O, YE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS AND ALL GREEN THINGS, BLESS YE THE LORD. O, YE SHOWERS AND DEWS, BLESS YE THE LORD. O, YE SEAS AND FLOODS, BLESS YE THE LORD. O, YE FIRE AND HEAT, BLESS YE THE LORD. // PRAISE YE HIM, ALL HIS ANGELS, PRAISE YE HIM ALL HIS HOSTS, O PRAISE THEE LORD, YE ANGEL OF HIS. YE THAT SCREAM, FULFILL HIS COMMANDS // TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING // MEMORY OF // EBEN NORTON HORSFORD // BORN JVLY 27 1818 // DIED JANVARY 1 1893 [HIST1900, PHOTO, SYMPH1990] |
|
and also: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING // MEMORY OF PHOEBE GARDINER HORSFORD // WIFE OF EBEN NORTON HORSFORD // BORN AVGVST 13 1826 - DIED OCTOBER 8 1900 [PHOTO, SYMPH1990] |
| Category: |
Elements; Angel |
| Cost: |
$5000 [CT1894] |
|
several thousand dollars [BJ1895, BSG1895, BDG1895, BET1895B] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 (p. 83) quotes an extract from a letter by Rev. Alexander McKenzie saying that the window was much admired [TIFF1897] |
|
Tiffany 1897 (p. 84) quotes an extract from a Boston Journal article about the window [TIFF1897] |
| Comment: |
The inscription was evidently updated after the death of Mrs. Horsford [DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Curtis Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
They Shall be Mine, Saith the Lord [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 66 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 40 |
| Other Tiffany documentation: |
Tiffany 1896 shows a design for the window (site not specified) [TIFF1896] |
| Signature: |
not signed [SYMPH1990] |
| Other documentation: |
[CC1899] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896] |
| Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of the window (site not specified) [TIFF1896] |
| Memorial details: |
Mary Gardiner Horsford Curtis (27 Aug 1855 - 9 Jul 1893) [INSCRIPTION, CC1899, HIST1900] |
| Donor: |
her aunt (and step-mother), Phoebe Gardiner Horsford [SYMPH1990] |
| Date: |
1895 [HIST1900] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
THEY SHALL BE MINE SATH THE LORD OF HOSTS / IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS // IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY GARDINER HORSFORD / WIFE OF BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS / BORN AUGUST 27 1855 DIED JULY 9 1893 [PHOTO, HIST1900] |
| Category: |
Righteous Shall Receive a Crown of Glory |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
McKenzie Memorial Window (Tilton Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Resurrection Angel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 66 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 40 |
| Signature: |
not signed [SYMPH1990] |
| Other documentation: |
[CC1897, CT1897, CC1899] |
| Designer: |
Joseph Lauber [CC1897, CT1897] |
| Memorial details: |
Alexander McKenzie (14 Dec 1830 - 6 Aug 1914) [INSCRIPTION, CC1897, CT1897, BH1897A, CONG1897A, HIST1900, CT1914] |
| Donor: |
parishioners [CC1897] |
|
his friends [SYMPH1990] |
| Date: |
Dedicated 24 Jan 1897 [INSCRIPTION, CC1897, CT1897, BH1897A, CONG1897A] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
JANVARY 24 / 1867 // A GRATEFUL TRIBVTE TO OVR PASTOR / ALEXANDER MCKENZIE / ON THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SETTLEMENT // JANVARY 24 / 1897 [PHOTO, CC1897, HIST1900] |
| Category: |
Angel of Resurrection |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Tilton Memorial Window so likely someone by the name of Tilton, possibly Annie Eugenia Tilton (a member of the Shepard Historical Society at the time), organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Fiske Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
St. Catherine of Alexandria [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 66 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
not signed [SYMPH1990] |
| Other documentation: |
[CC1908, CT1908, BG1908, BET1908, CONG1908] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Martha Theresa Fiske (11 Jan 1877 - 23 Dec 1907) [INSCRIPTION, CC1908, CT1908, BG1908, BET1908, CONG1908, WEB] |
| Donor: |
her parents, Josiah Mason Fiske and Martha Theresa Smith Fiske (later Collord) [CT1908, BG1908, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Dec 1908 [CC1908, CT1908] |
|
Unveiled 6 Dec 1908 [BG1908, CONG1908] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO, CC1908, CONG1908] |
| Inscription: |
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / 1877 MARTHA THERESA FISKE 1907 [PHOTO, CONG1908] |
| Category: |
St. Catherine |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Russell Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Faith [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 66 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
COPYRIGHT 1897 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY (very worn) [PHOTO] |
|
 |
| Other documentation: |
[CONG1897B, CC1899] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Sarah Elizabeth Ballister Russell (24 Mar 1817 - 6 Oct 1897) [INSCRIPTION, CC1898, BH1897B, CONG1897B, CC1898, CC1899, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
her children [BH1897B, CONG1897B, CC1899] |
|
her sons, Charles Russell, Joseph Russell and Henry Russell [SYMPH1990] |
| Date: |
Copyright 1897 [SIGNATURE] |
|
Installed Dec 1897 [BH1897B, CONG1897B] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
WHEN I CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE VNFEIGNED FAITH THAT IS IN THEE // IN MEMORY OF / SARAH ELIZABETH RVSSELL [PHOTO, CC1898] |
| Category: |
Faith |
| BDA1895: |
Boston Daily Advertiser (15 Apr 1895, p. 1) |
| BDG1895: |
Boston Daily Globe (15 Apr 1895, p. 9) |
| BET1895A: |
Boston Evening Transcript (12 Apr 1895, p. 3) |
| BET1895B: |
Boston Evening Transcript (15 Apr 1895, p. 8) |
| BET1908: |
Boston Evening Transcript (9 Dec 1908, p. 8) |
| BG1908: |
Boston Globe (5 Dec 1908, p. 8) |
| BG1992: |
Boston Globe (6 Jul 1992, p. 16) |
| BH1895: |
Boston Herald (15 Apr 1895, p. 10) |
| BH1897A: |
Boston Herald (25 Jan 1897, p. 7) |
| BH1897B: |
Boston Herald (26 Dec 1897, p. 8) |
| BJ1895: |
Boston Journal (15 Apr 1895, p. 8) |
| BP1895: |
Boston Post (14 Apr 1895, p. 3) |
| BSG1895: |
Boston Sunday Globe (14 Apr 1895, p. 4) |
| BSH1895: |
Boston Sunday Herald (14 Apr 1895, p. 13) |
| CC1894: |
The Cambridge Chronicle (7 Apr 1894, p. 4) |
| CC1895A: |
The Cambridge Chronicle (13 Apr 1895, p. 1, 4) |
| CC1895B: |
The Cambridge Chronicle (20 Apr 1895, p. 11) |
| CC1895C: |
The Cambridge Chronicle (29 Jun 1895, p. 4) |
| CC1897: |
The Cambridge Chronicle (30 Jan 1897, p. 9) |
| CC1898: |
The Cambridge Chronicle (1 Jan 1898, p. 4) |
| CC1899: |
The Cambridge Chronicle (11 Nov 1899, p. 18) |
| CC1908: |
The Cambridge Chronicle (12 Dec 1908, p. 7) |
| CONG1897A: |
The Congregationalist (28 Jan 1897, p. 134) |
| CONG1897B: |
The Congregationalist (30 Dec 1897, p. 1048) |
| CONG1908: |
The Congregationalist and Christian World (26 Dec 1908, p. 912) |
| CT1894: |
The Cambridge Tribune (28 Apr 1894, p. 5) |
| CT1895A: |
The Cambridge Tribune (30 Mar 1895, p. 5) |
| CT1895B: |
The Cambridge Tribune (13 Apr 1895, p. 5) |
| CT1897: |
The Cambridge Tribune (30 Jan 1897, p. 1, 4) |
| CT1908: |
The Cambridge Tribune (5 Dec 1908, p. 1) |
| CT1914: |
The Cambridge Tribune (8 Aug 1914, p. 5) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HIST1900: |
The Manual of the First Church in Cambridge (Congregational) (1900, p. 18-19) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYT1895: |
New York Times (19 Apr 1895, p. 4) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| SIGNATURE: |
Signature on item |
| SYMPH1990: |
A Symphony of Color: Stained Glass at First Church, Patricia H. Rodgers (1990) |
| 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) |
| WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
