Tiffany Census

Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Pennsylvania

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:	33.38.1
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	851 W. Market Street
Location:	Kingston, Pennsylvania 18704, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.26423, -75.89919
Tiffany 1910:	Page 98
Duncan 1980:	Page 220
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Comment:	Congregation merged with First United Methodist Church, Kingston, PA, in 1972 and the combined church is called Church of Christ Uniting (SITE:33.38.2) [ORG]
Also of interest:	1916 pulpit by Tiffany [WBR1916]

Site Items

33.38.1.1:	Teter, Edwards and Cobleigh Memorial Window: Christ Blessing Children (1909) (Removed)
33.38.1.2:	Shoemaker and Hoyt Memorial Window: The Great Commission (1916) (Removed)
33.38.1.3:	Hoyt Memorial Window: Easter Morn (1916) (Removed)
33.38.1.4:	Hoyt Memorial Window: Green Pastures (1916) (Removed)
33.38.1.5:	Reynolds Memorial Window: I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life (1916) (Removed)
33.38.1.6:	Cobleigh Memorial Window: Charity (1925) (Removed)
33.38.1.7:	Cobleigh Memorial Window: Christ the Healer (1925) (Removed)
33.38.1.8:	Newell Memorial Mosaic: Resurrection Angel (1924) (Removed)

Item 33.38.1.1

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

Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Teter, Edwards and Cobleigh Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ Blessing Children [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 98
Duncan 1980:	Page 220
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[STIME1909]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Margaret Clark Teter (9 Sep 1901 - 1 Apr 1902), Margaret Edwards Edwards (30 Nov 1825 - 16 Apr 1901), Abbie Geisinger Cobleigh (7 Jan 1890 - 5 Jul 1890) [WBR1909, WBTL1909, ST1909, STIME1909, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Donor:	mother / daughter / aunt, Anna Edwards (Mrs. Walter C.) Teter, and aunt / daughter / mother, Margaret Edwards (Mrs. Bennett James) Cobleigh [WBR1909, WBTL1909, ST1909, STIME1909, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Date:	Dedicated Easter Sunday, 11 Apr 1909 [WBR1909, WBTL1909, ST1909, STIME1909]
Size:	18' high x 11' wide [BAUT1983, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, WBR1909, WBTL1909, ST1909]
Inscription:	Margaret Clark Teter / September 9, 1901 - April 1, 1902 / Margaret Edwards / November 30, 1825 - April 16, 1901 / Abbie Geisinger Cobleigh / January 7, 1890 - July 5, 1890 [WBR1909, WBTL1909, ST1909, STIME1909]
Category:	Christ Blessing Children
History:	Window sold by congregation in 1984 [ORG, WBTL1984A]
	Window currently in Unity of El Cajon, El Cajon, CA (SITE:6.14.1) [ORG_NEW]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this just the Teter Memorial Window because Mrs. Teter was one of the donors and likely was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	6.14.1.1

Item 33.38.1.2

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Shoemaker and Hoyt Memorial Window: The Great Commission

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

Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Shoemaker and Hoyt Memorial Window
Theme:	The Great Commission [WBR1916]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WBR1916]
Designer:
Memorial details:	George Shoemaker (23 Jun 1844 - 3 Feb 1910) and John Dorrance Hoyt (13 Aug 1819 - 16 Jun 1896) [WBR1916, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Donor:	wife / daughter, Ann Elizabeth Hoyt Shoemaker [WBR1916, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Dedicated 24 Dec 1916 [WBR1916]
Size:	18' high x 11' wide [BAUT1983, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, WBR1916]
Inscription:	In loving memory, George Shoemaker, 1844-1910, and John Dorrance Hoyt, 1819-1896 [WBR1916]
Category:	Great Commission
Location:	east transept [WBR1916]
History:	Window sold by congregation in 1984 [ORG, WBTL1984A]
	Window purchased in 1986 by Richard H. Driehaus Collection, Chicago, IL (SITE:13.1.27) [EL2019]
Same as item:	13.1.27.3

Item 33.38.1.3

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

Status:	Removed [SOTH1984]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Hoyt Memorial Window
Theme:	Easter Morn [WBR1916]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WBR1916]
Designer:	probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:	Elizabeth N. Hoyt (1824-1893) and Augusta Hoyt (18 Jul 1856 - 3 May 1913) [WBR1916, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	daughter / sister, Martha H. Hoyt (Mrs. Frederic) Corss [WBR1916, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Dedicated 24 Dec 1916 [WBR1916]
Size:	124" high x 40" wide [BAUT1983, DEDUCED]
	12' high x 4' wide [SOTH1984, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, WBR1916, SOTH1984]
Inscription:	He is not here for He is Risen / In Loving Memory of / Elizabeth N Hoyt / * / Augusta Hoyt / * [PHOTO, SOTH1984, DEDUCED]
Category:	Resurrection without Christ
History:	Window sold 18 Feb 1984 at Sotheby's, New York, "Art Nouveau and Art Deco", lot 401, for $4000 [SOTH1984, WBTL1984A, WBTL1984B]

Item 33.38.1.4

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

Status:	Removed [SOTH1984]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Hoyt Memorial Window
Theme:	Green Pastures (Still Waters) [WBR1916]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WBR1916]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Ziba Hoyt (8 Sep 1788 - 22 Dec 1853) and Nancy Hurlbut Hoyt (8 Apr 1793 - 26 Feb 1872) [WBR1916, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	their granddaughter, Ann Elizabeth (Mrs. George) Shoemaker [WBR1916]
Date:	Dedicated 24 Dec 1916 [WBR1916]
Size:	124" high x 40" wide [BAUT1983, DEDUCED]
	12' high x 4' wide [SOTH1984, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, WBR1916, SOTH1984]
Inscription:
Category:	Landscape
History:	Window sold 18 Feb 1984 at Sotheby's, New York, "Art Nouveau and Art Deco", lot 403, for $21000 [SOTH1984, WBTL1984A, WBTL1984B]
	Window currently in Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, CA (SITE:6.10.1) [ORG_NEW]
Same as item:	6.10.1.1

Item 33.38.1.5

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Reynolds Memorial Window: I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life

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

Status:	Removed [SOTH1984]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Reynolds Memorial Window
Theme:	I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life [WBR1916]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WBR1916]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Charles Hamilton Reynolds (1 Jan 1864 - 22 Aug 1901) and Emily Fuller Reynolds (30 May 1871 - 6 Feb 1900) [WBR1916, FINDAGRAVE, WBR1900, WBR1901]
Donor:	their brother, J. Herbert Reynolds [WBR1916, WBR1900, WBR1901]
Date:	Dedicated 24 Dec 1916 [WBR1916]
Size:	124" high x 40" wide [BAUT1983, DEDUCED]
	12' high x 4' wide [SOTH1984, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, WBR1916, SOTH1984]
Inscription:	In Loving Memory of / Charles Hamilton Reynolds / 1864 - 1901 / Emily Fuller Reynolds / 1871 - 1900 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Christ
History:	Window sold 18 Feb 1984 at Sotheby's, New York, "Art Nouveau and Art Deco", lot 404, for $5250 [SOTH1984, WBTL1984A, WBTL1984B]

Item 33.38.1.6

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

Status:	Removed [SOTH1984, EL2019]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Cobleigh Memorial Window
Theme:	Charity [WBEN1925, SR1925]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Other Tiffany documentation:	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, has a Tiffany Studios gouache and watercolor drawing for the window [MET1967, DEDUCED]
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WBEN1925, SR1925]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Margaret Edwards (Mrs. Bennett James) Cobleigh (27 Nov 1866 - 9 Aug 1924) [WBEN1925, SR1925, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Donor:	her sister, Anna Edwards (Mrs. Walter C.) Teter [WBEN1925, SR1925, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Date:	Dedicated 25 Dec 1925 [WBEN1925, SR1925]
Size:	124" high x 40" wide [BAUT1983, DEDUCED]
	12' high x 4' wide [SOTH1984, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, WBEN1925, SR1925, SOTH1984]
Inscription:	In Memoriam / Margaret Edwards Cobleigh / Born November 27 1866 / Died August 9 1924 [PHOTO, WBEN1925, SR1925]
Category:	Charity
History:	Window sold 18 Feb 1984 at Sotheby's, New York, "Art Nouveau and Art Deco", lot 402, for $6250 [SOTH1984, WBTL1984A, WBTL1984B]
	Window purchased at the auction by Richard H. Driehaus Collection, Chicago, IL (SITE:13.1.27) [EL2019]
Same as item:	13.1.27.8

Item 33.38.1.7

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

Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Cobleigh Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ the Healer [WBEN1925, SR1925]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WBEN1925, SR1925]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Bennett James Cobleigh (10 Jan 1863 - 22 Sep 1912) [WBEN1925, SR1925]
Donor:	his daughter, Nana Cobleigh (Mrs. Charles M.) O'Boyle [WBEN1925, SR1925, WEB]
Date:	Dedicated 25 Dec 1925 [WBEN1925, SR1925]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, WBEN1925, SR1925]
Inscription:	In Memoriam / Bennett James Cobleigh / Born January 10, 1863 / Died September 22, 1912 [WBEN1925, SR1925]
Category:	Christ
History:	Window placed into storage ca. 1984 [WBTL1994]
	Window installed in Church of Christ Uniting, Kingston, PA (SITE:33.38.2) in 1994 [WBTL1994]
Same as item:	33.38.2.2

Item 33.38.1.8

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

Status:	Removed [TGM2017, BAUT2021]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Newell Memorial Mosaic
Theme:	Resurrection Angel [WBTL1924]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WBR1924, WBTL1924]
Designer:	attributed to Frederick Wilson [TGM2017]
Memorial details:	Mary Edwards (Mrs. Theodore Leonard) Newell (25 Nov 1861 - 8 Sep 1922) [WBR1924, WBTL1924, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date:	Unveiled Easter Sunday, 20 Apr 1924 [WBR1924, WBTL1924]
Size:	9' high x 5' wide [WBTL1924, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Angel of Resurrection
History:	Mosaic removed at end of 1984 [BAUT2021]

References

BAUT1983:	Baut Studios work order 5218 (courtesy of Conrad Baut) (24 Oct 1983)
BAUT2021:	Conrad Baut, personal communication (8 Mar 2021)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EL2019:	Eternal Light: The Sacred Stained Glass Windows of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Catherine Shotick (with an essay by Elizabeth De Rosa) (2019, p. 70)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
MET1967:	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Tiffany Studios design drawing (1967, Accession Number 67.654.463)
ORG:	Organization
ORG_NEW:	Organization that is new owner
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SOTH1984:	Sotheby's catalogue (17 and 18 Feb 1984, Lots 401-404)
SR1925:	The Scranton Republican (23 Dec 1925, p. 8)
ST1909:	The Scranton Truth (10 Apr 1909, p. 12)
STIME1909:	The Scranton Times (9 Apr 1909, p. 7)
TGM2017:	Tiffany's Glass Mosaics, Kelly A. Conway and Lindsy R. Parrott (mosaic list compiled by Morgan T. Albahary) (2017, p. 257)
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)
WBEN1925:	Wilkes-Barre Evening News (23 Dec 1925, p. 24)
WBR1900:	The Wilkes-Barre Record (7 Feb 1900, p. 5)
WBR1901:	The Wilkes-Barre Record (23 Aug 1901, p. 5)
WBR1909:	The Wilkes-Barre Record (10 Apr 1909, p. 13)
WBR1916:	The Wilkes-Barre Record (25 Dec 1916, p. 11)
WBR1924:	The Wilkes-Barre Record (21 Apr 1924, p. 27)
WBTL1909:	The Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (9 Apr 1909, p. 14)
WBTL1924:	The Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (21 Apr 1924, p. 19)
WBTL1984A:	The Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (18 Feb 1984, p. 1A, 16A)
WBTL1984B:	The Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (20 Feb 1984, p. 3A)
WBTL1994:	The Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (30 Oct 1994, p. 1B)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information