United Baptist Christian Church, Duluth, Minnesota

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Site Id:	24.1.2
Rating:	1 star
Other name(s):	First Baptist Church
Address:	830 East 1st Street
Location:	Duluth, Minnesota 55805, USA
Lat/Lng:	46.79588, -92.08802
Tiffany 1910:	Page 76
Duncan 1980:	Page 215
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1908 [DEH1908A, DNT1908A, DEH1908B, DNT1908B]
Architect:
Comment:	Congregation vacating and selling building [DT2018]
Also of interest:

Site Items

24.1.2.1:	Billson Memorial Window: Resurrection (1908) (Extant)
24.1.2.2:	Steele Memorial Window: Lilies (1908) (Extant)

Item 24.1.2.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Billson Memorial Window
Theme:	Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 76
Duncan 1980:	Page 215
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Tiffany Studios New York [DT2018]
Other documentation:	[DEH1907, DNT1907, DEH1908A, DNT1908A, DEH1908B]
Record type:	Window
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [DEH1907, DNT1907, TIFF1893]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1893 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details:	Alice Hester Billson (19 Apr 1884 - 12 Dec 1905) [INSCRIPTION, DEH1907, DNT1907, DEH1908A, DNT1908A, DEH1908B, DNT1908B, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her father, W.W. Billson [DNT1908A, DEH1908B, DNT1908B]
	and also her mother [DNT1908A]
Date:	Installed Nov 1907 [DEH1907, DNT1907]
	Dedicated with building on 1 Mar 1908 [DEH1908A, DNT1908A, DEH1908B, DNT1908B]
Size:
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, DEH1907]
Inscription:	I AM THE RESURRECTION / AND THE LIFE // IN LOVING MEMORY OF // ALICE HESTER BILLSON // 1884 1905 [PHOTO, DNT1907, DNT1908A]
Category:	Resurrection with Christ
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Bilson [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

Item 24.1.2.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Steele Memorial Window
Theme:	Lilies [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 76
Duncan 1980:	Page 215
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Tiffany Studios New York [DT2018]
Other documentation:	[DNT1908A]
Record type:	Window
Designer:
Memorial details:	Greenleaf C. Steele (1856 - 23 Jul 1903) [DNT1908A, DEH1903A, DEH1903B]
Donor:	his wife, Carrie W. Steele [INSCRIPTION, DEH1903B]
	and also his children [INSCRIPTION, DNT1908A]
Date:	Dedicated with building on 1 Mar 1908 [DNT1908A]
Size:
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	1856 // In Memory of / Greenleaf C Steele / By his wife and children // 1903 [PHOTO]
Category:	Floral
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Steel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

References

DEH1903A:	The Duluth Evening Herald (23 Jul 1903, p. 5)
DEH1903B:	The Duluth Evening Herald (12 Aug 1903, p. 9)
DEH1907:	The Duluth Evening Herald (15 Nov 1907, p. 8)
DEH1908A:	The Duluth Evening Herald (22 Feb 1908, p. 5)
DEH1908B:	The Duluth Evening Herald (29 Feb 1908, p. 16)
DNT1907:	The Duluth News Tribune (16 Nov 1907, p. 7)
DNT1908A:	The Duluth News Tribune (27 Feb 1908, p. 12)
DNT1908B:	The Duluth News Tribune (2 Mar 1908, p. 8)
DT2018:	Donald Traser, personal communication (7 Jul 2018)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
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)