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Tiffany Census

St. Mark's Church, Mt. Kisco, 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: 3.72.1
Rating: Nothing
Address: East Main Street
Location: Mt. Kisco, New York, USA
Lat/Lng: 41.19479, -73.7255 (approx)
Tiffany 1910: Page 28
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: No more
Building date: 1850 [NRHP1991]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

3.72.1.1: Morgan Memorial Window: St. John of Patmos (1904) (Removed)
3.72.1.2: Cowdin Memorial Window: St. Christopher (1905) (Removed)
3.72.1.3: Cowdin Memorial Window: The Nativity (1905) (Removed)
3.72.1.4: Hoppin Memorial Reredos: altar and reredos (1904) (Removed)

Item 3.72.1.1

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

Status: Removed [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Morgan Memorial Window (Warren Memorial Window)
Theme: St. John of Patmos [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
I Am the Resurrection and the Life [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 28
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [GCA1904, DA1904, CHU1904, DFR1904]
Designer:
Memorial details: Lewis Henry Morgan (12 Jun 1867 - 31 Oct 1901) [INSCRIPTION, NYT1904, GCA1904, NYP1904, DA1904, DFR1904, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his friends, J. Bordman Harriman, Whitney Warren, J.F. Tooker, Charles Bohlen, G.B. Taintor, R.F. Potter, George H. Norman, Lloyd Warren, J.W. Appleton, Howard Cushing, F.N. Waters and R.B. Potter [NYT1904, GCA1904, NYP1904]
Date: Unveiled Easter Sunday, 3 Apr 1904 [NYT1904, NYP1904, GCA1904, DA1904, DFR1904]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: I AM THE RESVRRECTION / AND THE LIFE // IN MEMORY OF HENRY MORGAN [PHOTO]
Category: St. John; Resurrection with Christ
Location: chancel [NYT1904, GCA1904, NYP1904, DA1904, DFR1904]
History: Moved with the congregation to new building (SITE:3.72.2) in ca. 1913 [ORG, NRHP1991]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Warren Memorial Window because Whitney Warren was one of the donors and likely organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Tiffany 1910 implies this is two windows but it is one [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, GCA1904, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 3.72.2.1

Item 3.72.1.2

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

Status: Removed [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Cowdin Memorial Window (Bacon Memorial Window)
Theme: St. Christopher [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 28
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [CHU1905, JDNY1905]
Designer:
Memorial details: Elliot Christopher Cowdin (9 Aug 1819 - 12 Apr 1880) [INSCRIPTION, CHU1905, JDNY1905, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his daughter, Martha Winthrop Cowdin (Mrs. Robert) Bacon [CHU1905, PFNY1897]
Date: Unveiled Easter Sunday, 23 Apr 1905 [JDNY1905]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In Memoriam / Elliot Christopher Cowdin [PHOTO]
Category: St. Christopher
History: Moved with the congregation to new building (SITE:3.72.2) in ca. 1913 [ORG, NRHP1991]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Bacon Memorial Window because Mrs. Bacon was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 3.72.2.2

Item 3.72.1.3

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

Status: Removed [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Cowdin Memorial Window (Bacon Memorial Window)
Theme: The Nativity [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 28
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [CHU1905, JDNY1905]
Designer:
Memorial details: Sarah Katharine Cowdin (4 Feb 1826 - 6 Dec 1903) [INSCRIPTION, CHU1905, JDNY1905, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her daughter, Martha Winthrop Cowdin (Mrs. Robert) Bacon [CHU1905, PFNY1897]
Date: Unveiled Easter Sunday, 23 Apr 1905 [JDNY1905]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In Memoriam / Sarah Katharine Cowdin [PHOTO]
Category: Nativity
History: Moved with the congregation to new building (SITE:3.72.2) in ca. 1913 [ORG, NRHP1991]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Bacon Memorial Window because Mrs. Bacon was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 3.72.2.3

Item 3.72.1.4

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

Status: Removed [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Hoppin Memorial Reredos
Description: altar and reredos [NYT1904, GCA1904, CHU1904, DFR1904]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [GCA1904, DA1904, CHU1904, DFR1904]
Designer:
Memorial details: Alice Cowdin (Mrs. Hamilton Louis) Hoppin (5 Sep 1866 - 2 Mar 1900) [NYT1904, GCA1904, NYP1904, DA1904, CHU1904, DFR1904, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her sister, Martha Winthrop Cowdin (Mrs. Robert) Bacon (the newspaper reports say Baker) [NYT1904, NYP1904, DFR1904, PFNY1897]
Date: Unveiled Easter Sunday, 3 Apr 1904 [NYT1904, NYP1904, GCA1904, DA1904, CHU1904, DFR1904]
Size: 12' high (including the stone crosses and finials which surmount them) [CHU1904]
Inscription: On altar: Holy Holy Holy Lord God Almighty / Which Was And Is And Is To Come [CHU1904, PHOTO]
On reredos: This altar and reredos / are erected in / loving memory of / Alice Cowdin Hoppin // There everlasting / spring abides, / And never-fading flowers. [CHU1904, PHOTO]
Category: Angel
History: Moved with the congregation to new building (SITE:3.72.2) in ca. 1913 [ORG, NRHP1991]
Comment: The reredos design is of two angels [PHOTO, CHU1904]
Same as item: 3.72.2.4

References

CHU1904: The Churchman (26 Mar 1904, p. 379)
CHU1905: The Churchman (3 Jun 1905, p. 866)
DA1904: Mount Vernon Daily Argus (31 Mar 1904, p. 8)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DFR1904: Dobbs Ferry Register (8 Apr 1904, p. 8)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
GCA1904: The Globe and Commercial Advertiser (19 Mar 1904, second section, p. 8)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
JDNY1905: Journal of the One Hundred and Twenty-Second Convention of the Diocese of New York (1905, p. 228)
NRHP1991: National Register of Historic Places, Robert D. Kuhn (1991)
NYP1904: New York Press (4 Apr 1904, p. 2)
NYT1904: New York Times (4 Apr 1904, p. 14)
ORG: Organization
PFNY1897: Prominent Families of New York (1897, p. 141)
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)

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