Site Id: | 41.10.1 |
Rating: | Unrated |
Address: | 90 Bethesda Road |
Location: | Rockbridge Baths, Virginia 24473, USA |
Lat/Lng: | 37.89414, -79.40155 |
Tiffany 1910: | Page 115 |
Duncan 1980: | Page 223 |
Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
Tiffany 1893: | Not listed |
Tiffany 1886: | Not listed |
Completeness: | Medium |
Building status: | Extant |
Building date: | 1876 [ORG] |
Architect: | |
Also of interest: |
41.10.1.1.a: | McElwee Memorial Window: ornamental (1909) (Extant) ![]() |
41.10.1.1.b: | Former Ministers Memorial Window: ornamental (1909) (Extant) |
41.10.1.1.c: | Deceased Elders Memorial Window: ornamental (1909) (Extant) |
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Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: | High |
Memorial name: | McElwee Memorial Window (Miller Memorial Window) |
Description: | ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: | Page 115 |
Duncan 1980: | Page 223 |
Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
Signature: | Tiffany Studios [DT2020] |
Other documentation: | |
Designer: | |
Memorial details: | William Meek McElwee (10 Jan 1826 - 24 Aug 1901) and Anna Bell Harvey McElwee (11 Dec 1831 - 2 Jul 1901) [INSCRIPTION, LG1909, FINDAGRAVE] |
Donor: | their children [LG1909] |
Date: | In place when building reopened, 29 Aug 1909 [LG1909] |
Inscription: | WILLIAM MEEK MCELWEE D.D. DIED AUGUST 24, 1901 / ANNA HARVEY MCELWEE DIED JULY 2, 1901 // BLESSED ARE THE DEAD / THAT DIE IN THE LORD [PHOTO, LG1909] |
Category: | Ornamental; Round Window |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: | Tiffany 1910 calls this the Miller Memorial Window, so likely Rev. Henry Miller, pastor at the time, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: | High |
Memorial name: | Former Ministers Memorial Window (Miller Memorial Window) |
Description: | ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: | Page 115 |
Duncan 1980: | Page 223 |
Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
Signature: | |
Other documentation: | |
Designer: | |
Memorial details: | Rev. Andrew Baker Davidson (1779-1861), 1821-1824, 1830-1852, Rev. James B. Ramsay, 1852-1853, Rev. W.W. Trimble, 1853-1866, Rev. Robert J. Taylor, 1866-1873, Rev. D.C. Irwin, 1873-1874, Rev. C.W. Humphries, 1875-1880, Rev. W.M. McElwee, 1880-1901, Rev. Henry Miller (10 Feb 1855 - 6 Feb 1911), 1901-1911 [LG1909, FINDAGRAVE] |
Donor: | Flora McElwee (Mrs. Henry) Miller, Mrs. Bartholomew, and the Irwin family [LG1909, FINDAGRAVE] |
Date: | In place when building reopened, 29 Aug 1909 [LG1909] |
Inscription: | |
Category: | Ornamental |
Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: | High |
Memorial name: | Deceased Elders Memorial Window (Miller Memorial Window) |
Description: | ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: | Page 115 |
Duncan 1980: | Page 223 |
Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
Signature: | |
Other documentation: | |
Designer: | |
Memorial details: | John Firebaugh (14 Mar 1789 - 21 Jul 1867), Robert Blain Anderson (17 Oct 1811 - 4 Apr 1853), John W. McCown (17 Mar 1784 - 11 Apr 1850), William Youell McCutchan, David Morter, Dr. Samuel Brown Morrison, Alfred Alexander McCurdy (26 Nov 1833 - 31 Mar 1907) [LG1909, FINDAGRAVE] |
Donor: | their descendants [LG1909] |
Date: | In place when building reopened, 29 Aug 1909 [LG1909] |
Inscription: | |
Category: | Ornamental |
DEDUCED: | Deduced from other information |
DT2020: | Donald Traser, personal communication (30 Nov 2020) |
DUNC1980: | Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
FINDAGRAVE: | Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
INSCRIPTION: | Inscription on item |
LG1909: | Lexington Gazette (1 Sep 1909, p. 3) |
ORG: | Organization |
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) |