Tiffany Census

Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, 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:	33.51.2
Rating:	1 star
Address:	1904 Walnut Street
Location:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, USA
Lat/Lng:	39.95025, -75.17303
Tiffany 1910:	Page 100
Duncan 1980:	Page 220
Tiffany 1897:	Page 59
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 also list Ebbs Memorial Window, "Adoration of the Cross", but that window is in Church of the Holy Trinity, West Chester, PA (SITE:33.66.1) [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1857-1859 [NRHP1972]; 1868 [NRHP1972]
Architect:	John Notman [NRHP1972]; George Hewitt [NRHP1972]
Also of interest:

Site Items

33.51.2.1:	Miller Memorial Window: St. Paul (Extant)
33.51.2.2:	Potter Memorial Window: Moses and the Law (1894) (Extant)
33.51.2.3:	Godfrey Memorial Window: Soldier of the Cross (Unknown)
33.51.2.4:	Milne Memorial Window: Light of the World (1903) (Extant)
33.51.2.5:	Milne Memorial Window: The Sower (1915) (Extant)
33.51.2.6:	skylight (1914) (Extant)

Item 33.51.2.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Miller Memorial Window
Theme:	St. Paul [CENS1992]
	Angel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 100
Duncan 1980:	Page 220
Tiffany 1897:	Page 59
Signature:	Tiffany Glass & Dec. [CENS1992]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Andrew Hertzog Miller (13 Sep 1821 - 29 Jan 1892) [INSCRIPTION, CENS1992]
Donor:	his wife [CENS1992]
Date:
Size:	8'6" high x 3'9" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Inscription:	AND WE DESIRE THAT / EVERYONE OF YOU / DO SHEW THE SAME / DILIGENCE TO THE / FULL ASSURANCE OF / HOPE UNTO THE END // ANDREW HERTZOG MILLER / NATVS 13 SEPTEMBER 1821 / OBIT 29 JANVARY 1892 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Category:	St. Paul
Restoration:	Restored 1967-1968 by Willet Studios [CENS1992]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 give an incorrect theme for the window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Census Id:	L4

Item 33.51.2.2

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Potter Memorial Window: Moses and the Law

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Potter Memorial Window (Coffin Memorial Window)
Theme:	Moses and the Law [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 100
Duncan 1980:	Page 220
Tiffany 1897:	Page 59
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. Alonzo Potter (6 Jul 1800 - 4 Jul 1865) [CENS1992, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	Lemuel Coffin [CENS1992]
Date:	Installed by 5 Nov 1894 [CENS1992]
Size:	15'7" high x 3'11" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Inscription:	I / THOV SHALT HAVE / NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME // II THOU SHALT NOT MAKE VNTO THEE ANY / GRAVEN IMAGE OR ANY LIKENESS OF ANY / THING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE OR / THAT IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH OR THAT / IS IN THE WATER VNDER THE EARTH THOV / SHALT NOT BOW DOWN THYSELF TO THEM NOR / SERVE THEM FOR I THE LORD THY GOD AM A / JEALOVS GOD VISITING THE INIQVITY OF THE / FATHERS VPON THE CHILDREN VNTO THE THIRD / AND FOVRTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME / AND SHEWING MERCY VNTO THOVSANDS OF THEM / THAT LOVE ME AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS // III THOV SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE / LORD THY GOD IN VAIN FOR THE LORD WILL NOT / HOLD HIM GVILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME / IN VAIN // IV REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP / IT HOLY SIX DAYS SHALT THOV LABOR AND DO / ALL THY WORK BVT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE / SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD IN IT THOV SHALT / NOT DO ANY WORK THOV NOR THY SON NOR THY / DAUGHTER THY MAN-SERVANT NOR THY MAID- // IV / SERVANT NOR THY CATTLE / NOR THY STRANGER THAT IS / WITHIN THY GATES FOR IN SIX DAYS THE / LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH THE SEA AND / ALL THAT IN THEM IS AND RESTED THE SEVENTH / DAY WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH // V HONOVR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT THY / DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE / LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE // VI THOV SHALT NOT KILL // VII THOV SHALT NOT COMMIT ADVLTERY // VIII THOV SHALT NOT STEAL // IX THOV SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS / AGAINST THY NEIGHBOVR // X THOV SHALL NOT COVET THY NEIGH- / BOUR'S HOVSE THY SHALL NOT COVET / THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE NOR HIS MAN- / SERVANT NOR HIS MAID-SERVANT NOR HIS / OX NOR HIS ASS NOR ANYTHING THAT IS / THY NEIGHBOUR'S [PHOTO]
Category:	Moses
Restoration:	Restored 1967 by Willet Studios [CENS1992]
	Restored (and completely repainted) in 1984 by McLaughlin Stained Glass [CENS1992]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call this the Coffin Memorial Window because Mr. Coffin was the donor [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment:	The window was damaged during construction of the Rittenhouse in 1982 [CENS1992]
Census Id:	L101

Item 33.51.2.3

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Godfrey Memorial Window
Theme:	Soldier of the Cross [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 100
Duncan 1980:	Page 220
Tiffany 1897:	Page 59
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Soldier of the Cross
Comment:	There is a Benjamin Granger Godfrey Memorial Window in the church, but the theme is the Nativity and it is by Henry Holiday [CENS1992]
	There was another, 1893, Benjamin Newhall Godfrey Memorial Window, in the parish house, and it is not known what the theme was or if it was by Tiffany or what happened to it [PI1893, PT1893, DEDUCED]

Item 33.51.2.4

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Milne Memorial Window: Light of the World

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Milne Memorial Window
Theme:	Light of the World [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 100
Duncan 1980:	Page 220
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Margaretta Shea Milne (d. 13 Jul 1896) [INSCRIPTION, CENS1992, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	husband, Caleb J. Milne [CENS1992]
Date:	Cartoon submitted to vestry and approved, 1 Dec 1902 [CENS1992]
	Installed by 6 Apr 1903 [CENS1992]
Size:	8'6" high x 3'9" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / MARGARETTA S. MILNE / DIED JVLY 13, 1896 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Category:	Christ Knocking at the Door
After design:	Painting, "The Light of the World", by William Holman Hunt, in Keble College, Oxford, England (1854) [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Restoration:	Restored 1967-1968 by Willet Studios [CENS1992]
Census Id:	L6

Item 33.51.2.5

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Milne Memorial Window
Theme:	The Sower [CENS1992]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STUDIOS N.Y. 1915 [CENS1992]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Caleb J. Milne (4 Jan 1839 - 1 Jul 1912) [INSCRIPTION, CENS1992]
Donor:	his sons, Caleb J. Milne, Jr. and David Milne [CENS1992]
Date:	Approval of design, 1 Feb 1915 [CENS1992]
	Signature 1915 [SIGNATURE]
	Installation by Oct 1915 [CENS1992]
Size:	8'6" high x 3'9" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	CALEB J. MILNE / JANUARY 4, 1839 / JULY 1, 1912 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Category:	Parable of the Sower
Restoration:	Restored 1967-1968 by Willet Studios [CENS1992]
Census Id:	L7

Item 33.51.2.6

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:
Description:	skylight [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[ORG]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	1914 [ORG]
Size:	12' x 12' [CENS1992]
Inscription:
Location:	chancel dome [ORG]
Census Id:	SK200

References

CENS1992:	Census of Stained Glass Windows in America, Jean M. Farnsworth and G. Bryant (3 Oct 1991 and 12 Dec 1992)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
NRHP1972:	National Register of Historic Places, Mrs. Earle R. Kirkbride (1972)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
PI1893:	Philadelphia Inquirer (20 Apr 1893, p. 4)
PT1893:	The Philadelphia Times (20 Apr 1893, p. 4)
SIGNATURE:	Signature on 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)