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Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

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The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 33.16.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 221 N. Main Street
Location: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201, USA
Lat/Lng: 39.94077, -77.66111
Tiffany 1910: Page 95
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 57
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 lists this as the Presbyterian Church [TIFF1897]
Tiffany 1910 has two entries, the Presbyterian Church and the Falling Spring Church [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

33.16.1.1: Nixon Memorial Window: Angel of Faith (Extant)
33.16.1.2: Crawford Memorial Window: Good Shepherd (1909) (Extant)

Item 33.16.1.1

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Nixon Memorial Window
Theme: Angel of Faith [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 95
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 57
Signature:
Other documentation:
Record type: window
Designer:
Memorial details: Jacob Sharpe Nixon (12 Sep 1827 - 12 Jan 1891) and Martha J. Gilmore Nixon (24 Apr 1831 - 26 Sep 1891) [PCFS1984, WEB]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In memory of J. Sharpe Nixon / Sept. 12 1827 - Jan. 12 1891 / In Memory of Martha J. Nixon / Apr. 24 1831 - Sept. 26 1891 [PCFS1984]
Category: Angel of Faith

Item 33.16.1.2

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Crawford Memorial Window
Theme: Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 95
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [HSI1907, HSI1909, NYO1909, PB1909]
Record type: window
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. John Agnew Crawford, D.D. (1822 - 19 Sep 1907) [HSI1907, HSI1909, NYO1909, PB1909, PCFS1984, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date: Permission granted for window Dec 1907 [HSI1907]
Window presented ca. Oct 1909 [HSI1909, NYO1909]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In loving memory of Rev. John Agnew Crawford, D.D., pastor of this church from 1867-1886. His leaf shall also not wither. Psalms 1:3 [HSI1909, NYO1909, PB1909, PCFS1984]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd

References

DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HSI1907: Harrisburg Star-Independent (31 Dec 1907, p. 2)
HSI1909: Harrisburg Star-Independent (30 Oct 1909, p. 2)
NYO1909: The New York Observer (9 Dec 1909, p. 764)
PB1909: The Presbyterian Banner (16 Dec 1909, p. 926-927)
PCFS1984: The Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring (1984)
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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