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Tiffany Census

The Parish of Calvary St. George's, Manhattan, New York City, 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: 1.1.118
Rating: Nothing
Address: 7 Rutherford Place
Location: Manhattan, New York City, New York 10003, USA
Lat/Lng: 40.73435, -73.98488
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest: 1894 Manning Memorial Window, "Vision of Heaven" and "Praise", by Maitland Armstrong (removed) [NYTR1894, LC1894, ORG]
1896 window by Maitland Armstrong (removed) [YEAR1896, ORG]
See also: David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census

Site Items

1.1.118.1: Stearns Memorial Tablet: bronze and marble tablet, the inscription panel is of Sienna marble, and the lettering is a mosaic inlay of favrile glass (1908) (Unknown)

Item 1.1.118.1

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

Status: Unknown
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name: Stearns Memorial Tablet
Description: bronze and marble tablet, the inscription panel is of Sienna marble, and the lettering is a mosaic inlay of favrile glass [NYTR1908, NYO1908, LC1908, CHU1908]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [NYTR1908, NYO1908, LC1908]
Designer:
Memorial details: John Noble Stearns (1831 - 14 Mar 1907), a vestryman and warden of the church for 36 years [NYTR1908, NYT1908, NYO1908, LC1908, CHU1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date: Installed ca. Nov 1908 [NYTR1908, NYT1908, NYO1908, LC1908, CHU1908]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN NOBLE STEARNS / 1831-1907 / VESTRYMAN FOR NINETEEN YEARS / JUNIOR WARDEN FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS / BELOVED OF GOD AND OF MEN / WHOSE MEMORY IS BLESSED [NYO1908, DEDUCED]
Comment: There is a Stearns Memorial Tablet in the church but it is bronze, with no marble, and with (approximately) the same inscription [PHOTO, ORG]

References

CHU1908: The Churchman (5 Dec 1908, p. 822)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
LC1894: The Living Church (17 Nov 1894, p. 552)
LC1908: The Living Church (5 Dec 1908, p. 155)
NYO1908: The New York Observer (3 Dec 1908, p. 730)
NYT1908: New York Times (14 Nov 1908, p. 4)
NYTR1894: New York Daily Tribune (5 Nov 1894, p. 7)
NYTR1908: New York Daily Tribune (15 Nov 1908, p. 7)
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
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)
YEAR1896: Year Book of St. George's Church, Stuyvesant Square, New York (Easter, 1896, p. 46)

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