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Tiffany Census

Church of the Holy Trinity, West Chester, 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: 33.66.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 212 South High Street
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania 19382, USA
Lat/Lng: 39.95739, -75.60235
Tiffany 1910: Page 108
Duncan 1980: Page 222
Tiffany 1897: Page 62
Tiffany 1893: Listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest: 1889 Bolton Memorial window by John La Farge [PI1889]

Site Items

33.66.1.1: Townsend Memorial Window: Angels (Extant)
33.66.1.2: Ebbs Memorial Window: Adoration of the Cross (1894) (Extant)

Item 33.66.1.1

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Townsend Memorial Window
Theme: Angels [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 108
Duncan 1980: Page 222
Tiffany 1897: Page 62
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Rebecca Townsend Brown (1840-1890) [HIST1899, WEB]
Donor: her sisters [HIST1899]
Date: Between 1891 and 1894 [HIST1899]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Angel

Item 33.66.1.2

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Ebbs Memorial Window (Norris Memorial Window)
Theme: Adoration of the Cross [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 100 and 108
Duncan 1980: Page 220 and 222
Tiffany 1897: Page 59
Signature:
Other documentation: [CHU1894, LC1894]
Designer:
Memorial details: Elizabeth Cowan Ebbs (d. 14 Aug 1878, aged 61) [CHU1894, LC1894, HIST1899, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her daughter, Elizabeth Ebbs (Mrs. Henry Pepper) Norris [CHU1894, LC1894, HIST1899, WEB]
Date: Installed ca. Nov 1894 [CHU1894]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Adoration of the Cross
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list the window under Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, PA (SITE:33.51.2), as the Ebbs Memorial Window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910 also lists it under the correct church, as the Norris Memorial Window [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

References

CHU1894: The Churchman (17 Nov 1894, p. 649)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1899: West Chester, Past and Present, Centennial Souvenir (1899, p. 115)
LC1894: The Living Church (22 Dec 1894, p. 660)
PHOTO: Photo of item
PI1889: Philadelphia Inquirer (7 Aug 1889, p. 2)
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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