Tiffany Census

Pequot Library, Southport, Connecticut

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:	8.37.1
Rating:	1 star
Address:	720 Pequot Avenue
Location:	Southport, Connecticut 06890, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.13358, -73.28954
Tiffany 1910:	Page 47
Duncan 1980:	Page 209
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1887-1893 [HABS1979]
Architect:	Robert H. Robertson [HABS1979]
Also of interest:

Site Items

8.37.1.1:

Taintor Memorial Window: William Caxton and Aldus Manutius (1898) (Extant)

Item 8.37.1.1

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Taintor Memorial Window: William Caxton and Aldus Manutius

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Taintor Memorial Window (Holman Memorial Window)
Theme:	William Caxton and Aldus Manutius [CHRON1898, CONG1898]
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 47
Duncan 1980:	Page 209
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	COPYRIGHT 1898 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY / NEW YORK [PHOTO, DEDUCED]

Other documentation:	[CHRON1898, CONG1898, LJ1898]
Designer:	Edward Peck Sperry [CHRON1898, CONG1898]
Memorial details:	Eliza Hull Wakeman Taintor (9 Jan 1835 - 14 Nov 1889) [INSCRIPTION, CHRON1898, CONG1898, LJ1898, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her mother, Mary Catherine Hull (Mrs. William Webb) Wakeman [INSCRIPTION, CHRON1898, LJ1898]
Date:	Copyright 1898 [SIGNATURE]
	Installed ca. Jul 1898 [CHRON1898]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / ELIZA HVLL WAKEMAN TAINTOR. // THIS BOOK ROOM WAS ENLARGED AND FVRNISHED / BY MARY CATHERINE HVLL WAKEMAN. A.D. 1898 [PHOTO, LJ1898]
Category:	Historic Figure; Ornamental
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Holman Memorial Window because Rev. William H. Holman organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, CHRON1898, DEDUCED]

References

CHRON1898:	The Southport Chronicle (28 Jul 1898, p. 1)
CONG1898:	Congregationalist (1 Dec 1898, p. 787)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HABS1979:	Historic American Buildings Survey, Jan E. Cigliano (1979)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LJ1898:	The Library Journal (Sep 1898, Vol. 23, No. 9, p. 544)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SIGNATURE:	Signature on 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)