Tiffany Census

First Reformed Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey

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:	30.36.1
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	9 Bayard Street
Location:	New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.49504, -74.44228
Tiffany 1910:	Page 85
Duncan 1980:	Page 217
Tiffany 1897:	Page 51
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1811-1812 [HIST1991]
Architect:
Comment:	Badly damaged by fire, 29 May 1971 [NYT1971, HIST1991]
Also of interest:	1903 Post Memorial Window, "Mary and Martha", by Charles F. Hogeman [NBDHN1903]
	1905 Ackerman Memorial Window, "The Ascension", by Charles F. Hogeman [NBDHN1905]
	1905 Bucknell and Hoyt Memorial Window, "The Resurrection", by Charles F. Hogeman [NBDHN1905]

Site Items

30.36.1.1:	Voorhees Memorial Window: The Pilgrims (1891) (Destroyed)
30.36.1.2:	Letson Memorial Window: Our Lord and St. Mary (1891) (Destroyed)

Item 30.36.1.1

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

Status:	Destroyed [HIST1991]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Voorhees Memorial Window
Theme:	The Pilgrims [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 85
Duncan 1980:	Page 217
Tiffany 1897:	Page 51
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NBDT1891]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Ira Condit (or Condict) Voorhees (22 Feb 1799 - 12 Sep 1878) [NBDT1891, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Ann Rolph Holbert Voorhees [NBDT1891, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed 21 Sep 1891 [NBDT1891]
Inscription:
Category:	Pilgrim
Location:	north side [NBDT1891]
Cost:	about $500 [NBDT1891]
Comment:	Destroyed by fire, 29 May 1971 [HIST1991]

Item 30.36.1.2

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

Status:	Destroyed [HIST1991]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Letson Memorial Window
Theme:	Our Lord and St. Mary [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 85
Duncan 1980:	Page 217
Tiffany 1897:	Page 51
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NBDT1891]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Johnson Letson (8 Dec 1806 - 9 Mar 1885) [NBDT1891, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his daughters, Mary Shaddle Letson (Mrs. William Henry) Acken and Amelia Augusta Letson (Mrs. Theodore B.) Romeyn [NBDT1891, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed 21 Sep 1891 [NBDT1891]
Inscription:
Category:	Christ; Mary
Location:	north side [NBDT1891]
Cost:	about $500 [NBDT1891]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 spell the name as Lettson [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment:	Destroyed by fire, 29 May 1971 [HIST1991]

References

DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1991:	The Town Clock Church: History of the First Reformed Church, New Brunswick, NJ, J. David Muyskens (1991)
NBDHN1903:	New Brunswick Daily Home News (8 Jan 1903, p. 1)
NBDHN1905:	New Brunswick Daily Home News (13 Sep 1905, p. 1)
NBDT1891:	New Brunswick Daily Times (22 Sep 1891, p. 1)
NYT1971:	New York Times (30 May 1971)
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)