Tiffany Census

Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 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:	1.1.52
Rating:	1 star
Address:	921 Madison Avenue
Location:	Manhattan, New York City, New York 10021, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.77254, -73.96461
Tiffany 1910:	Page 10
Duncan 1980:	Page 202
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1899 [A2Z2004]
Architect:	James E. Ware & Son [A2Z2004]
Also of interest:

Site Items

1.1.52.1:	Robinson Memorial Window: Angels (1901) (Extant)
1.1.52.2:	Williams Memorial Window: Cross, Crown and Lilies (Extant)
1.1.52.3:	ornamental windows (Unknown)

Item 1.1.52.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Robinson Memorial Window (Johnson Memorial Window)
Theme:	Angels [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 10
Duncan 1980:	Page 202
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	not signed [DT2016]
Other documentation:
Designer:	probably Joseph Lauber [TIFF1893, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1893 credits Lauber as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details:	Charles Seymour Robinson (31 Mar 1829 - 1 Feb 1899), pastor of the church 1870-1887 [NYT1901, NYH1901, NYP1901, DEDUCED, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date:	Installed ca. Nov 1901 [NYT1901, NYH1901, NYP1901]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Devoted Pastor for 17 Yrs [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Johnson Memorial Window, so possibly Howard Agnew Johnston, the then pastor of the church, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment:	Tiffany's theme for the window and the inscription imply that there would have been a second pane for the window originally [DEDUCED]

Item 1.1.52.2

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Williams Memorial Window: Cross, Crown and Lilies

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Williams Memorial Window
Theme:	Cross, Crown and Lilies [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 10
Duncan 1980:	Page 202
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	not signed [DT2016]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Harry Vandervoort Williams (1875-1900) [INSCRIPTION]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORIAM / 1875 HARRY VANDERVOORT WILLIAMS 1900 [PHOTO]
Category:	Ornamental

Item 1.1.52.3

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 10
Duncan 1980:	Page 202
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental

References

A2Z2004:	From Abyssinian to Zion, A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship, David W. Dunlap (2004, p. 135)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DT2016:	Donald Traser, personal communication (5 Oct 2016)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
NYH1901:	New York Herald (30 Nov 1901, p. 1)
NYP1901:	New York Press (30 Nov 1901, p. 6)
NYT1901:	New York Times (30 Nov 1901, p. 10)
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)