Church Glass and Decorating Company Census

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

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:	13.1.31
Rating:	1 star
Other name(s):	Armour Institute of Technology
Address:	3300 South Federal
Location:	Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.83434, -87.62929
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1893 [NPR2019]
Architect:
Comment:	The Illinois Institute of Technology sold the building in 2017 [NPR2019]

Site Items

13.1.31.1:

Armour Memorial Window: Success (1901) (Extant)

Item 13.1.31.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Armour Memorial Window
Theme:	Success [CDT1901A, IO1901A, NYT1901, NYTR1901, CDT1901B, CDN1901, IO1901D, WT1901, CE1901]
	and/or Achievement [NYTR1901, CDT1901B, WT1901]
Signature:
Documentation:	[NYTR1901, WT1901, BSP1901, BET1901B, AR1906]
Designer:	Edward Peck Sperry [CDT1901A, IO1901A, NYT1901, NYTR1901, CDT1901B, IO1901C, CDN1901, CST1901, IO1901D, WT1901, CE1901, BSP1901, BET1901B, ARCH1902, BAC1902, ARCH1904]
Memorial details:	Philip Danforth Armour, Jr. (11 Jan 1869 - 26 Jan 1900) [INSCRIPTION, CDT1901A, IO1901A, NYT1901, NYS1901, IO1901B, NYTR1901, CDT1901B, IO1901C, CDN1901, CST1901, IO1901D, WT1901, CE1901, BET1901A, ARCH1902, AR1906, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	employees of Armour & Co. [CDT1901A, IO1901A, NYT1901, NYS1901, NYTR1901, CDT1901B, IO1901C, CDN1901, CST1901, IO1901D, WT1901, CE1901, BET1901A]
Date:	Design exhibited in Chicago, 8 Feb 1901 [CDT1901A]
	Installed ca. Sep 1901 [CDT1901B]
	Unveiled 19 Oct 1901 [NYTR1901, CDT1901B, IO1901C, CDN1901, CST1901, IO1901D, WT1901, CE1901, BET1901A]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, CDT1901A, NYT1901, NYS1901, CDT1901B, CDN1901, CST1901, IO1901D, CE1901]
Inscription:	on window: FAMAM / FACTIS / EXTENDIT // BORN JANUARY XI / MDCCCLXIX (this part of inscription now missing) // IN MEMORY OF / PHILIP D ARMOUR JR. // DIED JANUARY XXVI / MDCCCC [PHOTO, CDT1901B, IO1901C]
	on wall underneath window: ENOUGH FOR MAN TO / WORK TO HOPE TO LOVE // SURELY FROM THE HEAVEN / DROPS LIGHT FOR YOUTH & / YOUTH WILL WALK THEREBY // FOR THE NEXT WORLD'S / REWARDS AND REPOSE / BY THE STRUGGLE IN THIS [PHOTO]
Category:	Success
Location:	first landing on staircase [PHOTO, IO1901A, IO1901B, CDT1901B, CDN1901, CST1901, IO1901D, CE1901]
Cost:	$10000 [CDT1901A, IO1901A, NYT1901, NYS1901, CDT1901B, CDN1901, CST1901, IO1901D, CE1901, BET1901A]

References

AR1906:	Architectural Record (Church Glass and Decorating Company advertisement) (Sep 1906)
ARCH1902:	Catalogue of the Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1902, p. 32)
ARCH1904:	Catalogue of the Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1904, p. 25, 37, 86, entries 94, 273)
BAC1902:	Catalogue of the Architectural Exhibition, Boston Architectural Club (1902, p. 28)
BET1901A:	Boston Evening Transcript (21 Oct 1901, p. 6)
BET1901B:	Boston Evening Transcript (25 Oct 1901, p. 8)
BSP1901:	Boston Sunday Post (3 Nov 1901, p. 28)
CDN1901:	Chicago Daily News (19 Oct 1901, p. 3)
CDT1901A:	Chicago Tribune (9 Feb 1901, p. 2)
CDT1901B:	Chicago Tribune (19 Oct 1901, p. 5)
CE1901:	Chicago Eagle (26 Oct 1901, p. 4)
CST1901:	Chicago Tribune (20 Oct 1901, p. 8)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
IO1901A:	Inter Ocean (9 Feb 1901, p. 5)
IO1901B:	Inter Ocean (6 Oct 1901, p. 11)
IO1901C:	Inter Ocean (19 Oct 1901, p. 5)
IO1901D:	Inter Ocean (20 Oct 1901, p. 9)
NPR2019:	National Public Radio (2 Apr 2019)
NYS1901:	New York Sun (9 Feb 1901, p. 5)
NYT1901:	New York Times (9 Feb 1901, p. 2)
NYTR1901:	New York Daily Tribune (16 Oct 1901, p. 8)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
WT1901:	Washington Times (22 Oct 1901, p. 4)