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Tiffany Census

Church of the Holy Cross, Troy, New York

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: 3.127.5
Rating: 1 star
Address: 138 8th Street
Location: Troy, New York 12180, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.73249, -73.68332
Tiffany 1910: Page 36
Duncan 1980: Page 207
Tiffany 1897: Page 24
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists the church twice [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Comment: Congregation vacated building in 2009 [WEB]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) purchased building in 2011 [PV2012]
Also of interest:

Site Items

3.127.5.1: Warren Memorial Window: St. John (Extant) item has a photo
3.127.5.2: Tucker Memorial Window: Nativity (Unknown)

Item 3.127.5.1

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Warren Memorial Window
Theme: St. John [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 36
Duncan 1980: Page 207
Tiffany 1897: Page 24
Other Tiffany documentation: Tiffany 1893 has a sketch for the window (site not specified) [TIFF1893]
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: Edward Peck Sperry [TIFF1893, AR1893]
Memorial details: Edmund Warren (2 Dec 1861 - Jan 1892) [INSCRIPTION, PV2012, NYH1892, WEB]
Donor:
Date: ca. 1893 [TIFF1893, AR1893, DEDUCED]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF / EDMVND WARREN / DIED *** [PHOTO]
Category: St. John

Item 3.127.5.2

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

Status: Unknown
Confidence: Low
Memorial name: Tucker Memorial Window
Theme: Nativity [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 36
Duncan 1980: Page 207
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category: Nativity
Comment: There is a window with theme "Adoration of the Magi" in the building but it is clearly not by Tiffany [PV2012, PHOTO]

References

AR1893: The Architectural Record (Apr-Jun 1893, Vol. 4, p. 476)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
NYH1892: New York Herald (19 Jan 1892, p. 12)
PHOTO: Photo of item
PV2012: Patricia Vielkind, personal communication (21 Jun 2012)
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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