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Tiffany Census

Somerset County Courthouse, Somerville, 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: 30.49.2
Rating: 0 stars
Other name(s): First Reformed Church
Address: 20 North Bridge Street
Location: Somerville, New Jersey 08876, USA
Lat/Lng: 40.56856, -74.61107
Tiffany 1910: Page 88
Duncan 1980: Page 218
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 also lists a Memorial Tablet [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1896-1897 [NRHP1989]
Architect: William Appleton Potter [NRHP1989]
Comment: The church was sold to Somerset County in 1974 [NRHP1989]
Also of interest:
See also: David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census

Site Items

30.49.2.1: Case Memorial Window: ornamental (Extant) item has a photo
30.49.2.2: Mattison Memorial Window: ornamental (Extant) item has a photo

Item 30.49.2.1

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Case Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 88
Duncan 1980: Page 218
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY (very faded) [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor: James U. Case [INSCRIPTION]
Date:
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: The gift of // James U Case [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental
Location: Jurors' Room [WEB]

Item 30.49.2.2

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Mattison Memorial Window (Vincent Memorial Window)
Description: ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 88
Duncan 1980: Page 218
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Isabella Vincent Mattison (2 Nov 1855 - 13 Mar 1899) [INSCRIPTION]
Donor: her sister [INSCRIPTION]
Date:
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: And with the morn / those angel faces smile // which me have loved / long since and lost awhile // In Memory of / Isabella Vincent / Mattison // Born November 2 1855 / Died March 13 1899 / erected by her sister [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental
Location: Jurors' Room [WEB]
Restoration: It seems that the verse from "Lead, Kindly Light" in the inscription was restored at some point between 2007 and 2021, and the "we" changed to "me" [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Vincent Memorial Window [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
NRHP1989: National Register of Historic Places, Somerset Courthouse Green, Constance M. Greiff and Robert Guter, ed. Robert Craig (1989)
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)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information

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