Tiffany Census

Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach, Florida

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:	11.2.2
Rating:	1 star
Address:	141 South County Road
Location:	Palm Beach, Florida 33480, USA
Lat/Lng:	26.71112, -80.03684
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1925 [ORG]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

11.2.2.1:

Goss Memorial Window: Ascension Angel (1895) (Extant)

Item 11.2.2.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Goss Memorial Window
Theme:	Ascension Angel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Ascension with Angels [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 50
Duncan 1980:	Page 210
Tiffany 1897:	Page 32
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Isabel Newlands Goss [INSCRIPTION]
Date:	ca. 1895 [ORG]
Size:	7'6" x 4'6" [ORG]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED TO THE HONOR AND GLORY OF GOD BY / ISABEL NEWLANDS GOSS / AND YE ARE CHRIST'S AND CHRIST IS GOD'S [PHOTO, ORG]
Category:	Ascension
Location:	east wall of the guild hall [ORG]
Cost:	$750 [ORG]
History:	Originally in previous building (SITE:11.2.1) for congregation [ORG]
	In current building the window was originally in upstairs chapel which was then blocked from view in 1960s because of construction of Sunday School wing, until 1996 when it was moved to the east wall of the parish hall [PBDN1996, ORG]
	In 2026 removed temporarily so that parish hall could be renovated [PBP2026, HPACG2026]
Comment:	The window was paid for out of a bequest by Mrs. Goss [ORG]
	The window was originally flanked by two vertical rectangles set with colored glass in rectilinear patterns [ORG]
Same as item:	11.2.1.1

References

DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
HPACG2026:	Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables Facebook page (16 Jun 2026)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
ORG:	Organization
PBDN1996:	Palm Beach Daily News (15 Aug 1996, p. 1)
PBP2026:	The Palm Beach Post (15 Jun 2026)
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)