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St. John's Church, Cold Spring Harbor, New York

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Site Id: 3.22.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 1670 Route 25A
Location: Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
Lat/Lng: 40.85633, -73.46387
Tiffany 1910: Page 21
Duncan 1980: Page 204
Tiffany 1897: Page 15
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1835-1837 [ORG]
Architect: Oliver Smith Sammis [ORG]
Also of interest:

Site Items

3.22.1.1: Moore-Bleecker Memorial Window: Angel of the Resurrection (Extant) item has a photo
3.22.1.2: Jones Memorial Window: Good Shepherd (1908) (Extant) item has a photo
3.22.1.3: Jones Memorial Window: Annunciation (1907) (Extant) item has a photo
3.22.1.4: Howard Memorial Tablet: marble inlaid with glass (1907) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 3.22.1.1

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Moore-Bleecker Memorial Window:  Angel of the Resurrection
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Moore-Bleecker Memorial Window (Bleecker Memorial Window)
Theme: Angel of the Resurrection [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 21
Duncan 1980: Page 204
Tiffany 1897: Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Charles B. Moore (2 Dec 1803 - 11 Dec 1893), Frances Maria Jones Moore (Oct 1811 - May 1891) and their granddaughter, Frances Maria Bleecker (14 Jan 1878 - 9 Apr 1894) [INSCRIPTION, HLI1893, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: likely the daughter / daughter / mother Caroline L. Moore Bleecker [DEDUCED]
Date: Likely between 1894 and 1897 [TIFF1897, DEDUCED]
Inscription: THY WILL BE DONE // TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES B MOORE / FRANCES M MOORE / FRANCES M BLEECKER [PHOTO]
Category: Angel of Resurrection
Restoration: Restored 2007 by Venturella Studio [TV2013]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Bleeker Memorial Window because likely Caroline L. Moore Bleecker was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

Item 3.22.1.2

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Jones Memorial Window:  Good Shepherd
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Jones Memorial Window
Theme: Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 21
Duncan 1980: Page 204
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [HLI1908]
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: John Divine Jones (15 Aug 1814 - 22 Sep 1895) [INSCRIPTION, HLI1908, FINDAGRAVE]
And his wife, Josephine Katherine Floyd-Jones Jones (19 Aug 1832 - 15 Nov 1905) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: their nephews and nieces [HLI1908]
Date: Installed ca. Jul 1908 [HLI1908]
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / JOHN DIVINE JONES / AND HIS WIFE / JOSEPHINE KATHARINE JONES [PHOTO]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd

Item 3.22.1.3

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Jones Memorial Window:  Annunciation
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Jones Memorial Window (Jones-Bleeker Memorial Window)
Theme: Annunciation [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 21
Duncan 1980: Page 204
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [HLI1907]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TV2013]
Memorial details: Townsend Jones (29 Oct 1821 - 21 Dec 1891), Mary Elizabeth Hewlett Jones (2 Jul 1831 - 8 Feb 1901), and their son, Joshua Thomas Jones (8 Sep 1855 - 5 Oct 1905), and grandson, Townsend Howard Jones [EAGLE1907, HLI1907, LIF1907, CHU1907, CHS1907, INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: son / son / brother / father, Townsend Jones, Jr. [EAGLE1907, HLI1907, LIF1907, CHU1907, CHS1907]
Date: Installed ca. Jan 1907 [EAGLE1907, HLI1907, LIF1907, CHU1907, CHS1907]
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM // TOWNSEND / HOWARD / JONES / 1882 1884 // TOWNSEND JONES / 1821 - 1891 / AND HIS WIFE / MARY ELIZABETH / HEWLETT / 1831 - 1901 // JOSHUA / THOMAS / JONES / 1855 1905 [PHOTO]
Category: Annunciation
Restoration: Restored 2010 by Venturella Studio [TV2013]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Jones-Bleeker Memorial Window so possibly a Bleecker organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment: The newspaper articles at the time said the theme of the window was the Good Shepherd, so either they were wrong, or the inscription panels were swapped at some point, or ??? [EAGLE1907, HLI1907, CHS1907, DEDUCED]

Item 3.22.1.4

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Howard Memorial Tablet:  marble inlaid with glass
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name: Howard Memorial Tablet
Description: marble inlaid with glass [TGM2017]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [TGM2017]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. Robert Theus Howard (2 May 1816 - 16 Jan 1885) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1907, HLI1907, LIF1907, CHU1907, CHS1907, TGM2017, FINDAGRAVE]
also his wife, Hester Mary Seaman Howard (27 Jul 1818 - 5 May 1897) [INSCRIPTION, TGM2017, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: their son-in-law, Townsend Jones, Jr. [EAGLE1907, HLI1907, LIF1907, CHU1907, CHS1907]
Date: Installed ca. Jan 1907 [EAGLE1907, HLI1907, LIF1907, CHU1907, CHS1907]
Inscription: In / Memoriam / Robert Theus Howard / And His Wife / Hester Mary Howard / Behold I come quickly and / My reward is with me [PHOTO]

References

CHS1907: The Church Standard (23 Feb 1907, p. 537)
CHU1907: The Churchman (2 Feb 1907, p. 183)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EAGLE1907: Brooklyn Daily Eagle (25 Jan 1907, p. 11)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HLI1893: Huntington Long Islander (31 Dec 1893, p. 1)
HLI1907: Huntington Long Islander (25 Jan 1907, p. 7)
HLI1908: Huntington Long Islander (31 Jul 1908, p. 7)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
LIF1907: Long Island Farmer (1 Feb 1907, p. 1)
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
TGM2017: Tiffany's Glass Mosaics, Kelly A. Conway and Lindsy R. Parrott (mosaic list compiled by Morgan T. Albahary) (2017, p. 243)
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)
TV2013: Venturella Studio website (12 Jan 2013)

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