Church Glass and Decorating Company Census

Second Presbyterian Church, 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:	13.1.7
Rating:	2 stars
Address:	1936 S. Michigan Avenue
Location:	Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.85573, -87.62423
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1872-1874 [ORG]; 1900-1901 [IO1900, CDN1901, CDT1901, CST1901]
Architect:	James Renwick, Jr. [ORG]; Howard Van Doren Shaw [IO1900, IO1902]
Comment:	The 1874 building was badly damaged by fire 8 Mar 1900 [CDT1900]
See also:	Tiffany Census

Site Items

13.1.7.1:

Crerar Memorial Window: Ascension and Angel Choir (1902) (Extant)

Item 13.1.7.1

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Crerar Memorial Window: Ascension and Angel Choir

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Crerar Memorial Window
Theme:	Ascension and Angel Choir [CDT1901, CST1901, CDN1901, NYTR1902]
Signature:
Documentation:	[CDN1901, NYTR1902, IO1902, BAC1902, CGDC1905, NYO1906, ADV1906]
Designer:	William Fair Kline [NYTR1902, IO1902, BAC1902, CK1904]
Memorial details:	John Crerar (9 Mar 1827 - 19 Oct 1889) [CDN1901, CDT1901, CST1901, IO1902, NYO1906, ADV1906, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	Timothy Beach Blackstone [CDN1901, CDT1901, CST1901, IO1902, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Being made Feb 1902 [NYTR1902, IO1902]
	Installed Feb 1902 [IO1902]
Size:	top window 18' high x 16' wide [NYTR1902]
	each bottom window 11' high x 3.5' wide [NYTR1902]
Lancets:	1 + 5 [PHOTO, CDT1901, CST1901, NYTR1902, IO1902, CGDC1905]
Inscription:
Category:	Ascension; Angel
Location:	east end [CDN1901, CDT1901, CST1901]
Cost:	$10000 [IO1902]
Comment:	Calvert & Kimberly were contracted to make the window [CK1904, DEDUCED]
	This replaced an 1893 John La Farge window, donated by Blackstone and destroyed in the 1900 fire, with insurance paying for the replacement [CDN1901, CDT1901, CST1901, IO1902]

References

ADV1906:	The Advance (12 Apr 1906, p. 484)
BAC1902:	Catalogue of the Architectural Exhibition, Boston Architectural Club (1902, p. 28)
CDN1901:	Chicago Daily News (8 Nov 1901, p. 21)
CDT1900:	Chicago Daily Tribune (9 Mar 1900, p. 1)
CDT1901:	Chicago Daily Tribune (8 Nov 1901, p. 16)
CGDC1905:	Artists in English and American Glass, Mosaics and Metals, Church Glass and Decorating Company (1905)
CK1904:	Calvert & Kimberly leaflet, "O Ye Heavens and the Earth Praise Ye the Lord" (1904)
CST1901:	Chicago Sunday Tribune (10 Nov 1901, p. 8)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
IO1900:	Daily Inter Ocean (13 Oct 1900, p. 7)
IO1902:	Daily Inter Ocean (9 Feb 1902, p. 4)
NYO1906:	The New York Observer (12 Apr 1906, cover and p. 458)
NYTR1902:	New York Tribune (2 Feb 1902, Illustrated Supplement, p. 9)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item