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Isabella Graham Hart Memorial Home for Nurses, Rochester, 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: 3.99.10
Rating: Nothing
Other name(s): Rochester General Hospital
Address: 521 West Main Street
Location: Rochester, New York 14608, USA
Lat/Lng: 43.15254, -77.62635 (approx)
Tiffany 1910: Page 32
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Demolished
Building date: 1899 [RDC1899]
Architect:
Comment: Building demolished ca. 1966 [KEB2012]
Also of interest:

Site Items

3.99.10.1: Hart Memorial Window: Angel of Praise (1899) (Removed)

Item 3.99.10.1

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

Status: Removed [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Hart Memorial Window (Robinson Memorial Window)
Theme: Angel of Praise [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 32
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [RDC1899]
Designer: probably Joseph Lauber [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Lauber as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Isabella Graham Hart (16 Sep 1827 - 13 May 1898) [INSCRIPTION, RDC1899, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her husband, James Cowles Hart [RDC1899]
Date: Dedicated 18 Dec 1899 (along with Home) [RDC1899]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ISABELLA GRAHAM HART [PHOTO]
Category: Angel of Praise
History: Moved to Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing's office in ca. 1966 [KEB2012]
Moved to Rochester General Hospital (SITE:3.99.18) in ca. 1982-83 [KEB2012]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Robinson Memorial Window so likely Ruth Cowles Hart Robinson, one of the daughters of Isabella Hart, organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, FINDAGRAVE, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 3.99.18.1

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
KEB2012: Kathleen Emerson Britton, personal communication (17 Aug 2012)
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
RDC1899: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (18 Dec 1899, p. 10)
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)

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