Church Glass and Decorating Company Census

Trinity Episcopal Church, Roslyn, 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:	3.150.1
Rating:	2 stars
Address:	1579 Northern Boulevard
Location:	Roslyn, New York 11576, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.80496, -73.64527
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	parish house: 1906 [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906]; church: 1907 [BT1907, CHU1907]
Architect:	parish house: McKim, Mead & White [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, NYT1906]; church: McKim, Mead & White [BT1907]
See also:	Tiffany Census

Site Items

3.150.1.1.a:	Duer Memorial Window: Adoring Angel (1906) (Extant)
3.150.1.1.b:	Duer Memorial Window: boy Jesus and two children (1906) (Extant)
3.150.1.1.c:	Mackay Memorial Window: Adoring Angel (1906) (Extant)
3.150.1.2:	The Creator (1907) (Extant)
3.150.1.3:	Whitney Memorial Window: Moses Viewing the Promised Land (1907) (Extant)
3.150.1.4:	Stevens Memorial Window: Jacob's Dream (1907) (Extant)
3.150.1.5:	rose window with gold glass jeweled cross (Extant)

Item 3.150.1.1.a

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Duer Memorial Window
Theme:	Adoring Angel [PHOTO]
Signature:
Documentation:	[AR1906, EAGLE1907A]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [AR1906, EAGLE1907A]
Memorial details:	William Travers Duer (15 Feb 1881 - 7 Jul 1881) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906, AR1906, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his sister, Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay (later Blake) [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	In place when parish house dedicated, 23 Sep 1906 [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, NYT1906]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	None on window [PHOTO]
	On plaque underneath window: IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM TRAVERS DUER [PHOTO]
Category:	Adoring Angels
Location:	parish house [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906]

Item 3.150.1.1.b

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Duer Memorial Window: boy Jesus and two children

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Duer Memorial Window
Description:	boy Jesus and two children [PHOTO]
Signature:
Documentation:	[AR1906, EAGLE1907A]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [AR1906, EAGLE1907A]
Memorial details:	William Alexander Duer (23 Nov 1848 - 27 Oct 1905) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906, AR1906, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his daughter, Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay (later Blake) [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	In place when parish house dedicated, 23 Sep 1906 [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, NYT1906]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	None on window [PHOTO]
	On plaque underneath window: IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM ALEXANDER DUER [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ
Location:	parish house [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906]

Item 3.150.1.1.c

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Mackay Memorial Window
Theme:	Adoring Angel [PHOTO]
Signature:
Documentation:	[AR1906, EAGLE1907A]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [AR1906, EAGLE1907A]
Memorial details:	John William Mackay (28 Nov 1831 - 20 Jul 1902) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906, AR1906, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his daughter-in-law, Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay (later Blake) [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	In place when parish house dedicated, 23 Sep 1906 [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, NYT1906]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	None on window [PHOTO]
	On plaque underneath window: IN MEMORY OF / JOHN WILLIAM MACKAY [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Adoring Angels
Location:	parish house [EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906A, BC1906B, NYT1906]

Item 3.150.1.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:
Theme:	The Creator [BT1907]
Signature:
Documentation:	[CHU1907]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [SLOAN2025]
Memorial details:
Donor:	Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay [BT1907]
Date:	In place when church consecrated, 22 Mar 1907 [BT1907, CHU1907]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	None on window [PHOTO]
	On wall above window: AND GOD SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT [PHOTO]
Category:	Creation
Location:	chancel [BT1907, CHU1907]

Item 3.150.1.3

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Whitney Memorial Window: Moses Viewing the Promised Land

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Whitney Memorial Window
Theme:	Moses Viewing the Promised Land [EAGLE1907B, LC1907, LC1908]
Signature:
Documentation:	[HH2008]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [SLOAN2025]
Memorial details:	William Collins Whitney (5 Jul 1841 - 2 Feb 1904) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1907B, NYT1907, CHS1907, LC1907, CHU1908, LC1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his daughter, Dorothy Whitney [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1907B, NYT1907, CHS1907, LC1907]
	and also his son, Harry Payne Whitney [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1907B]
Date:	Unveiled 10 Nov 1907 [NYT1907]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	None on window [PHOTO]
	On plaque underneath window: IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY / GIVEN BY HIS CHILDREN / HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY / DOROTHY WHITNEY [PHOTO]
Category:	Moses
Location:	south transept [EAGLE1907B, CHU1908]

Item 3.150.1.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Stevens Memorial Window
Theme:	Jacob's Dream [LC1907]
	Good Samaritan [EAGLE1907B, LC1908]
Signature:
Documentation:	[HH2008]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [SLOAN2025]
Memorial details:	Charles Albert Stevens (14 Dec 1865 - 27 Mar 1901) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1907B, NYT1907, CHS1907, LC1907, CHU1908, LC1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Mary Madeline "May" Brady Stevens (later Hall and then Harriman) [EAGLE1907B, NYT1907, CHS1907, LC1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Unveiled 10 Nov 1907 [NYT1907]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	In Memory of / Charles Albert Stevens (second half of inscription missing) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Jacob
Location:	south transept [EAGLE1907B, CHU1908]

Item 3.150.1.5

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rose window with gold glass jeweled cross

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:
Description:	rose window with gold glass jeweled cross [HH2008]
Signature:
Documentation:	[HH2008]
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:	None [PHOTO]
Category:	Ornamental; Round Window

References

AR1906:	Architectural Record (Church Glass and Decorating Company advertisement) (Sep 1906)
BC1906A:	Brooklyn Citizen (17 Sep 1906, p. 7)
BC1906B:	Brooklyn Citizen (23 Sep 1906, p. 8)
BT1907:	The Brooklyn Times (22 Mar 1907, p. 8)
CHS1907:	The Church Standard (23 Nov 1907, p. 107)
CHU1907:	The Churchman (30 Mar 1907, p. 463)
CHU1908:	The Churchman (11 Jan 1908, p. 58)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
EAGLE1906A:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (16 Sep 1906, Section I, p. 22)
EAGLE1906B:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (22 Sep 1906, Picture Section, p. 1)
EAGLE1907A:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (25 Feb 1907, p. 4)
EAGLE1907B:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (26 Dec 1907, p. 5)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HH2008:	Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House, Richard Guy Wilson (2008, p. 127)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LC1907:	Living Church (23 Nov 1907, p. 123)
LC1908:	Living Church (11 Jan 1908, p. 370)
NYT1906:	New York Times (24 Sep 1906, p. 7)
NYT1907:	New York Times (12 Nov 1907, p. 6)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SLOAN2025:	Julie Sloan, personal communication (2 May 2025)