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First Congregational Church, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Site Id: 8.17.2
Rating: 1 star
Address: 21 Torrington Road
Location: Litchfield, Connecticut 06759, USA
Lat/Lng: 41.74787, -73.18826
Tiffany 1910: Page 44
Duncan 1980: Page 209
Tiffany 1897: Page 28
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1829 (moved to another site in 1873 and then back again in 1929) [ORG]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

8.17.2.1: Buel Memorial Window: Good Shepherd (Extant) item has a photo

Item 8.17.2.1

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Buel Memorial Window
Theme: Good Shepherd [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 44
Duncan 1980: Page 209
Tiffany 1897: Page 28
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: probably Edward Peck Sperry [TIFF1893, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1893 credits Sperry as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details: Henry Wadhams Buel (7 Apr 1820 - 30 Jan 1893) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1907]
Donor: his children [HIST1907]
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In Loving Memory of / Henry Wadhams Buel / Born April 7 1820 / Died January 30 1893 [PHOTO]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd
History: Originally in the previous (fourth) building for church [ORG]
Comment: Window was modified slightly in 1930 by Tiffany Studios to fit into its current location, cost $500 [ORG]

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
HIST1907: Historic Litchfield 1721-1907, Alice T. Bulkeley (1907, p. 31)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
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)

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