| Site Id: |
1.1.100 |
| Rating: |
Nothing |
| Other name(s): |
Second Unitarian Church; Community Church of New York |
| Address: |
Park Avenue and 34th Street |
| Location: |
Manhattan, New York City, New York 10016, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
40.74709, -73.98135 (approx) |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Destroyed |
| Building date: |
1867 [A2Z2004] |
| Architect: |
Carl Pfeiffer [A2Z2004] |
| Comment: |
Badly damaged by fire, 11 Sep 1919 [NYT1919] |
| Also of interest: |
1912 window, "Christ Before Pilate", in memory of William Loomis, by Lamb Studios [NYEP1911] |
|
1912 window, "Moses Before Pharaoh", in memory of Samuel Archibald Simpson, by Lamb Studios [NYEP1911] |
|
1914 window, "Socrates Before the Judges" in memory of Robert Collyer, by Lamb Studios [NYEP1914, NYS1914A, NYS1914B, NYP1914] |
| Status: |
Removed [ORG_NEW] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Parker Memorial Mosaic |
| Theme: |
Spirit of Light Descending on the World of Darkness [NYT1915, NYS1915] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[NYT1915, NYS1915, NYP1915, SR1915, NYEP1916, NYS1916, FUCB1987] |
| Designer: |
Louis Comfort Tiffany [NYT1915] |
| Memorial details: |
James Henry Parker (4 Jan 1843 - 27 Jan 1915) [INSCRIPTION, NYS1915, NYP1915, SR1915, NYEP1916, NYS1916, REGIS1919, EAGLE1935A, EAGLE1935B, BC1935, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Julita A. Jones Parker [INSCRIPTION, NYT1915, NYEP1916, EAGLE1935A, EAGLE1935B, FUCB1987] |
| Date: |
Exhibited Nov / Dec 1915 [NYT1915, NYS1915, NYP1915, SR1915] |
|
Installed early 1916 [SR1915] |
|
Dedicated 30 Jan 1916 [NYEP1916, NYS1916] |
| Size: |
over 14' high x about 8' wide [NYT1915, NYS1915, SR1915, NYEP1916] |
| Inscription: |
TO MY BELOVED HUSBAND / JAMES HENRY PARKER / JANUARY 27TH 1915 [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Angel of Light |
| Location: |
wall at the back of the pulpit [NYT1915, REGIS1919] |
| History: |
In 1935 placed in First Unitarian Church, Brooklyn, NY (SITE:2.1.19) [EAGLE1935A, EAGLE1935B, BC1935, NYEP1935, FUCB1987] |
| Comment: |
Badly damaged by fire of 11 Sep 1919 [REGIS1919] |
| Same as item: |
2.1.19.11 |
| A2Z2004: |
From Abyssinian to Zion, A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship, David W. Dunlap (2004, p. 48) |
| BC1935: |
The Brooklyn Citizen (20 Apr 1935, p. 4) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1935A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (19 Apr 1935, p. 9) |
| EAGLE1935B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (22 Apr 1935, p. 5) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| FUCB1987: |
The First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn, Olive Hoogenboom (1987, p. 249) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYEP1911: |
New York Evening Post (9 Dec 1911, p. 11) |
| NYEP1914: |
New York Evening Post (6 May 1914) |
| NYEP1916: |
New York Evening Post (29 Jan 1916, p. 11) |
| NYEP1935: |
New York Evening Post (20 Apr 1935) |
| NYP1914: |
New York Press (17 May 1914, p. 8) |
| NYP1915: |
New York Press (15 Nov 1915, p. 6) |
| NYS1914A: |
New York Sun (8 May 1914) |
| NYS1914B: |
New York Sun (16 May 1914) |
| NYS1915: |
New York Sun (14 Nov 1915, p. 7) |
| NYS1916: |
New York Sun (31 Jan 1916) |
| NYT1915: |
New York Times (8 Nov 1915) |
| NYT1919: |
New York Times (12 Sep 1919) |
| ORG_NEW: |
Organization that is new owner |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| REGIS1919: |
The Christian Register (18 Sep 1919, p. 911) |
| SR1915: |
The Springfield Sunday Republican (28 Nov 1915, p. 10) |
| TIFF1886: |
Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886) |
| TIFF1893: |
Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893) |
| TIFF1897: |
A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897) |
| TIFF1910: |
A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910) |