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Church Glass and Decorating Company Census

Church of the Unity, Springfield, Massachusetts

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: 21.36.1
Rating: Nothing
Address: 207 State Street
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts 01103, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.1031, -72.58413
Completeness: High
Building status: Demolished
Building date: 1866-1869 [HHR1982]
Architect: Henry Hobson Richardson [HHR1982]
Comment: Church Glass and Decorating Company also made the 1908 Dwight Memorial Tablet, made of bronze [CR1908]
Building demolished in 1961 [HHR1982]
See also: Tiffany Census

Site Items

21.36.1.1: Foot Memorial Window: Whence Cometh My Help (1902) (Removed) item has a photo

Item 21.36.1.1

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Foot Memorial Window:  Whence Cometh My Help
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CHR2021]
Memorial name: Foot Memorial Window
Theme: Whence Cometh My Help [KIRK1929]
Signature:
Documentation: [SDR1902A, SDR1902B, SWR1902A, SWR1902B, SWR1902C, KIRK1929]
Designer: Russell Sturgis Foot [SDR1902B, SWR1902C, KIRK1929]
Memorial details: Homer Foot (27 Jul 1810 - 6 Apr 1898) and his wife Delia Dwight Foot (19 May 1814 - 27 May 1897) [INSCRIPTION, SDR1902A, SDR1902B, SWR1902A, SWR1902B, SWR1902C, KIRK1929]
Donor: their children and grandchildren [SDR1902B, SWR1902C]
Date: Installed Oct 1902 [SWR1902B]
Accepted 26 Oct 1902 [SDR1902B, SWR1902C]
Size: 255.2 cm high x 139 cm wide [CHR2021]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, SDR1902B, KIRK1929]
Inscription: "I will lift up mine / eyes unto the hills, from / whence cometh my help." // In loving Memory of / Homer Foot and his wife Delia Dwright Foot / Born July 27, 1810. Born May 19, 1814. / Died April 6, 1898. Died May 27, 1897. // "My help cometh from / the Lord, which made / heaven and earth." [PHOTO, SDR1902B, SWR1902C, KIRK1929]
Category: Landscape
Location: east side [SDR1902B]
History: Purchased by Lillian Nassau [CHR2021]
Purchased by Thomas Chua Aug 1978 [CHR2021]
Sold at Christie's, 19 Dec 2021, for $300000 [CHR2021]

References

CHR2021: Christie's, Property from the Collection of Dr. Thomas Chua (10 Dec 2021, Lot 215)
CR1908: The Christian Register (8 Oct 1908, p. 1102)
HHR1982: H. H. Richardson: Complete Architectural Works, Jeffrey Karl Ochsner (1982, p. 24)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
KIRK1929: Church of the Unity, Guy Kirkham (1929)
PHOTO: Photo of item
SDR1902A: Springfield Daily Republican (26 Aug 1902, p. 8)
SDR1902B: Springfield Daily Republican (27 Oct 1902, p. 4)
SWR1902A: Springfield Weekly Republican (29 Aug 1902, p. 14)
SWR1902B: Springfield Weekly Republican (24 Oct 1902, p. 12)
SWR1902C: Springfield Weekly Republican (31 Oct 1902, p. 4)

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