David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census

Church of the Ascension, Manhattan, New York City, New York

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:	1.1.1
Rating:	1 star
Address:	Fifth Avenue at 10th Street
Location:	Manhattan, New York City, New York 10011, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.73371, -73.99568
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1840-1841 [ORG]; 1885-1889 [ORG]
Architect:	Richard Upjohn [ORG]; McKim, Mead & White [ORG]
Comment:	Three 1930 panels on the front of the side altar were designed by Helen Maitland Armstrong [MET1930]
See also:	Tiffany Census

Site Items

1.1.1.1:	Neilson Memorial Window: The Annunciation (1886) (Extant)
1.1.1.2:	Tailer Memorial Window: Christ Leaving the Temple (1895) (Extant)
1.1.1.3:	Jackson Memorial Window: Cross (1911) (Extant)
1.1.1.4:	Rhinelander Memorial Reredos: mosaic design on the reredos, including two kneeling angels (1886) (Extant)

Item 1.1.1.1

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Neilson Memorial Window: The Annunciation

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Neilson Memorial Window
Theme:	The Annunciation [CHU1886, ARCH1887, DMA1999, ORG]
Signature:
Documentation:	[CHU1886, ARCH1887, INDEP1889, HW1889]
Designer:	David Maitland Armstrong [CHU1886, ARCH1887, INDEP1889, DMA1999, ORG]
Memorial details:	John Neilson (1799-1851) and his wife, Margareta Neilson (1807-1877) [INSCRIPTION, DMA1999, ORG]
Donor:	their daughter, Margaretta Neilson [DMA1999]
Date:	Installed ca. Nov 1886 [CHU1886]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	JOHN / NEILSON / * // MARGARETA / NEILSON / 1807 1877 // FOR AN HABITATION OF GOD / THROVGH THE SPIRIT // IN WHOM YE ALSO ARE BVILDED / TOGETHER [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Annunciation
Location:	south aisle [PHOTO]
Comment:	The Tiffany Glass Company executed the window [DMA1999, CHU1886, INDEP1889]

Item 1.1.1.2

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Tailer Memorial Window: Christ Leaving the Temple

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Tailer Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ Leaving the Temple [NYP1895, NYH1895, NYTR1895, NYW1895, CHU1895]
Signature:	MAITLAND ARMSTRONG / FECIT / HELEN MAITLAND ARMSTRONG [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Documentation:	[NYP1895, NYH1895, NYTR1895, CHU1895, ARCH1895]
Designer:	David and Helen Maitland Armstrong [NYP1895, NYH1895, NYTR1895, CHU1895]
Memorial details:	Robert White Tailer, Jr. (23 Sep 1886 - 22 Dec 1881) [NYP1895, NYH1895, NYTR1895, NYW1895, CHU1895, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his parents, Robert White Tailer and Emma Lee Tailer [NYP1895, NYH1895, NYTR1895, NYW1895, CHU1895, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Unveiled 24 Feb 1895 [NYP1895, NYH1895, NYTR1895, NYW1895]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, NYP1895, NYTR1895, NYW1895]
Inscription:	WIST YE NOT / THAT I MVST BE / ABOVT / MY FATHER'S / BVSINESS [PHOTO]
Category:	Disputation in the Temple
Location:	south aisle [PHOTO, NYP1895, NYH1895, NYTR1895, NYW1895]

Item 1.1.1.3

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Jackson Memorial Window
Theme:	Cross [PHOTO]
Signature:
Documentation:	[ORG]
Memorial details:	Mary Louise Jackson (d. 18 Dec 1909) [INSCRIPTION, ORG]
Donor:	her husband, H.H. Jackson [ORG]
Date:	1911 [ORG]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	The souls of the Righteous / are in the hand of God // To the glory of / God / and in loving memory of / Mary Louise Jackson / died December 18th / 1909 [PHOTO]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	vestibule [ORG]

Item 1.1.1.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Rhinelander Memorial Reredos
Description:	mosaic design on the reredos, including two kneeling angels [CHU1889, GRACE1924, DMA1999, PHOTO]
Signature:
Documentation:	[CHU1889, GRACE1924, DMA1999]
Designer:	David Maitland Armstrong [CHU1889, DMA1999, ORG]
Memorial details:	William Christopher Rhinelander (19 Dec 1790 - 20 Jun 1878) and Mary Rogers Rhinelander (d. 13 Nov 1859) [NYP1889, CHU1889, GRACE1924, FINDAGRAVE, NYEP1859]
Donor:	their daughters [NYP1889, CHU1889, GRACE1924]
Date:	1886 [GRACE1924, DMA1999]
Inscription:	at extreme left of reredos: To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of William C. Rhinelander and his wife, Mary Rogers, his wife. This reredos is erected by their daughters MDCCCLXXXVI [GRACE1924]
Category:	Angel
Location:	chancel [PHOTO, NYP1889, CHU1889]
Comment:	The entire reredos includes a large "Ascension" mural by John LaFarge and sculptured angels by Louis St. Gaudens [NYP1889]

References

ARCH1887:	Catalogue of the Third Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1887, p. 27)
ARCH1895:	Catalogue of the Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1895, p. xlvi)
CHU1886:	The Churchman (20 Nov 1886, p. 642)
CHU1889:	The Churchman (26 Jan 1889, p. 120)
CHU1895:	The Churchman (13 Apr 1895, p. 529)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DMA1999:	D. Maitland Armstrong: American Stained Glass Master, Robert O. Jones (1999, p. 88-93 and plate C13)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
GRACE1924:	Grace Church and Old New York, William Rhinelander Stewart (1924, p. 463)
HW1889:	Harper's Weekly, The Renaissance of Stained Glass, Charles de Kay (13 Jul 1889, p. 565-568)
INDEP1889:	The Independent (17 Oct 1889, p. 7)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
MET1930:	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Helen Maitland Armstrong design watercolor (1930, Accession Number 2012.400.21)
NYEP1859:	New York Evening Post (15 Nov 1859, p. 3)
NYH1895:	New York Herald (24 Feb 1895, p. 4)
NYP1889:	New York Press (6 Jan 1889, p. 16)
NYP1895:	New York Press (24 Feb 1895, p. 3)
NYTR1895:	New York Daily Tribune (24 Feb 1895, p. 13)
NYW1895:	New York World (24 Feb 1895, p. 16)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item