Church Glass and Decorating Company Census

Crossroads United Methodist Church, Canton, Ohio

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:	32.24.3
Rating:	1 star
Other name(s):	First Methodist Episcopal Church; Church of the Savior United Methodist
Address:	120 Cleveland Avenue, SW
Location:	Canton, Ohio 44702, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.79856, -81.3763
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Comment:	Church Glass and Decorating Company also made the bronze tablet in between the second and third windows, which says: To the Glory of God / and in Loving Memory of / William McKinley / President of the United States / from 1897 to 1901. / Born 1843 - Died 1901. / It is God's way His Will be done, not ours. [PHOTO, CER1907, SCD1907]

Site Items

32.24.3.1.a:	McKinley Memorial Window: Joshua (1907) (Extant)
32.24.3.1.b:	McKinley Memorial Window: Moses (1907) (Extant)
32.24.3.1.c:	McKinley Memorial Window: John (1907) (Extant)
32.24.3.1.d:	McKinley Memorial Window: Cornelius (1907) (Extant)

Item 32.24.3.1.a

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	McKinley Memorial Window
Theme:	Joshua [CER1907, SCD1907, PP1907, KCS1907]
Signature:
Documentation:	[SDR1906, CH1906, AR1907, AR1908]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [NEN1915, SCN1933]
Memorial details:	President William McKinley (29 Jan 1843 - 14 Sep 1901) [INSCRIPTION, SDR1906, CH1906, AR1907, CER1907, SCD1907, TDB1907, PP1907, KCS1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Ida Saxton McKinley [INSCRIPTION, SDR1906, CH1906, CER1907, SCD1907, TDB1907, PP1907, AR1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Ordered ca. Aug 1906 [SDR1906]
	Dedicated 22 Sep 1907 [CER1907, SCD1907, CPD1907, TDB1907, KCS1907]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, SDR1906, AR1907, CER1907, SCD1907, KCS1907]
Inscription:	on window: BE STRONG AND OF A GOOD / COURAGE, BE NOT AFRAID / FOR THE LORD THY GOD / IS WITH THEE. // "Choose you this day whom ye will / serve, but as for me and my house, / we will serve the Lord." [PHOTO, CER1907]
	on plaque underneath: Joshua God's Warrior / Given by Ida Saxton McKinley / In Memory of William McKinley [PHOTO]
Category:	Joshua
Location:	facing Cleveland Avenue [SCD1907, STREETVIEW]
Cost:	$4000 for the four windows []
Comment:	The figures were modelled by Corsini []

Item 32.24.3.1.b

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	McKinley Memorial Window
Theme:	Moses [CER1907, SCD1907, PP1907, KCS1907]
Signature:
Documentation:	[SDR1906, CH1906, AR1907, AR1908]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [NEN1915, SCN1933]
Memorial details:	President William McKinley (29 Jan 1843 - 14 Sep 1901) [INSCRIPTION, SDR1906, CH1906, AR1907, CER1907, SCD1907, TDB1907, PP1907, KCS1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Ida Saxton McKinley [INSCRIPTION, SDR1906, CH1906, CER1907, SCD1907, TDB1907, PP1907, AR1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Ordered ca. Aug 1906 [SDR1906]
	Dedicated 22 Sep 1907 [CER1907, SCD1907, CPD1907, TDB1907, KCS1907]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, SDR1906, AR1907, CER1907, SCD1907, KCS1907]
Inscription:	on window: I AM THE LORD THY / GOD, THOV SHALT HAVE / NO OTHER GODS / BEFORE ME. // "The Lord thy God, He is God, the / faithful God which keepeth covenant / and mercy with them that love Him." [PHOTO, CER1907]
	on plaque underneath: Moses the Law Giver / Given by Ida Saxton McKinley / In Memory of William McKinley [PHOTO]
Category:	Moses
Location:	facing Cleveland Avenue [SCD1907, STREETVIEW]

Item 32.24.3.1.c

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	McKinley Memorial Window
Theme:	John [CER1907, SCD1907, PP1907, KCS1907]
Signature:
Documentation:	[SDR1906, CH1906, AR1907, AR1908]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [NEN1915, SCN1933]
Memorial details:	President William McKinley (29 Jan 1843 - 14 Sep 1901) [INSCRIPTION, SDR1906, CH1906, AR1907, CER1907, SCD1907, TDB1907, PP1907, KCS1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Ida Saxton McKinley [INSCRIPTION, SDR1906, CH1906, CER1907, SCD1907, TDB1907, PP1907, AR1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Ordered ca. Aug 1906 [SDR1906]
	Dedicated 22 Sep 1907 [CER1907, SCD1907, CPD1907, TDB1907, KCS1907]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, SDR1906, AR1907, CER1907, SCD1907, KCS1907]
Inscription:	on window: THESE THINGS I / COMMAND YOU THAT / YE LOVE ONE / ANOTHER. // "And this is His commandment, that we / should believe on the name of His Son, / Jesus Christ, and love one another." [PHOTO, CER1907]
	on plaque underneath: John the Apostle / of Love and Brotherhood / Given by Ida Saxton McKinley / In Memory of William McKinley [PHOTO]
Category:	John
Location:	facing Cleveland Avenue [SCD1907, STREETVIEW]

Item 32.24.3.1.d

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	McKinley Memorial Window
Theme:	Cornelius [CER1907, KCS1907]
Signature:
Documentation:	[SDR1906, CH1906, AR1907, AR1908]
Designer:	Clara Miller Burd [NEN1915, SCN1933]
Memorial details:	President William McKinley (29 Jan 1843 - 14 Sep 1901) [INSCRIPTION, SDR1906, CH1906, AR1907, CER1907, SCD1907, TDB1907, PP1907, KCS1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Ida Saxton McKinley [INSCRIPTION, SDR1906, CH1906, CER1907, SCD1907, TDB1907, PP1907, AR1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Ordered ca. Aug 1906 [SDR1906]
	Dedicated 22 Sep 1907 [CER1907, SCD1907, CPD1907, TDB1907, KCS1907]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, SDR1906, AR1907, CER1907, SCD1907, KCS1907]
Inscription:	on window: IN EVERY NATION BE THAT / FEARETH HIM AND WORKETH / RIGHTEOUSNESS IS ACCEPTED / WITH HIM. // A devout man, and one that feared / God with all his house, which gave / much alms to the people." [PHOTO, CER1907]
	on plaque underneath: Cornelius / the Roman Centurion / Given by Ida Saxton McKinley / In Memory of William McKinley [PHOTO]
Category:	Cornelius
Location:	facing Cleveland Avenue [SCD1907, STREETVIEW]
Comment:	Some of the 1907 reports said the fourth figure was Gideon [SCD1907, PP1907]

References

AR1907:	Architectural Record (Church Glass and Decorating Company advertisement) (Mar 1907)
AR1908:	Architectural Record (Church Glass and Decorating Company advertisement) (Jul 1908)
CER1907:	Canton Evening Repository (23 Sep 1907, p. 1)
CH1906:	Christian Herald (28 Nov 1906, p. 1000)
CPD1907:	Cleveland Plain Dealer (10 Sep 1907, p. 8)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
KCS1907:	Kansas City Star (29 Sep 1907, p. 22)
NEN1915:	Newark Evening News (3 Mar 1915, p. 14)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
PP1907:	The Pittsburgh Press (21 Sep 1907, p. 9)
SCD1907:	Stark County Democrat (24 Sep 1907, p. 1)
SCN1933:	Suffolk County News (17 Nov 1933, p. 4)
SDR1906:	Springfield Daily Republican (4 Aug 1906, p. 10)
STREETVIEW:	Google StreetView
TDB1907:	Toledo Daily Blade (23 Sep 1907, p. 2)