| Status: |
Extant [ORG] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Benson Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
St. George [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 104 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 221 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
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| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Edwin North Benson (16 Jan 1840 - 18 Apr 1909) [CENS1992, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Ida Virginia Wray Benson, and their children [CENS1992, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
ca. 1910 [CENS1992, DEDUCED] |
| Lancets: |
1 [CENS1992] |
| Inscription: |
To the glory of God / and in loving memory of / EDWIN NORTH BENSON, / a graduate of this Academy. [CENS1992] |
| Category: |
St. George |
| History: |
Originally located at original school site in Philadelphia, PA (SITE:33.51.39) [ORG] |
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Moved with school to Merion, PA (SITE:33.92.1), in 1921 [ORG] |
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Moved with school to here in in 2008 [ORG] |
| Restoration: |
Window is in storage [ORG] |
| Same as item: |
33.51.39.1; 33.92.1.1 |
| CENS1992: |
Census of Stained Glass Windows in America, Richard Smith (ca. 1992?) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| 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) |