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Tiffany Census

First Baptist Church, Madison, Wisconsin

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: 43.4.2
Rating: Nothing
Address: 201 N. Carroll Street
Location: Madison, Wisconsin 53703, USA
Lat/Lng: 43.07534, -89.38736 (approx)
Tiffany 1910: Page 117
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: No more
Building date: ca. 1900 [WW1900]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

43.4.2.1: Main Memorial Window: Good Shepherd (1900) (Destroyed) item has a photo

Item 43.4.2.1

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Main Memorial Window:  Good Shepherd
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Destroyed [LJA2011]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Main Memorial Window (Spooner Memorial Window)
Theme: Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 117
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [WW1900]
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Semantha Stillman Main (1 May 1808 - 23 Mar 1877) [WW1900, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her daughter, Annie Elizabeth Main (Mrs. John Colt) Spooner [WW1900, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Installed ca. Jul 1900 [WW1900, DEDUCED]
Lancets: 3 [WW1900]
Inscription: In Loving Memory of / Samantha Stillman Main. / Born in 1808. Died in 1877. / Erected by her Daughter, / Annie Main Spooner [WW1900]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Spooner Memorial Window because Mrs. Spooner was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment: Destroyed by fire, 29 Jul 1900 [LJA2011]

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
LJA2011: Lyle J. Anderson, personal communication (via Donald Traser) (17 Feb 2011)
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)
WW1900: The Weekly Wisconsin (18 Aug 1900, p. 1)

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