Tiffany Census

Christ Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago, Illinois

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:	13.1.1
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	2401 S. Michigan Avenue
Location:	Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.84928, -87.62373 (approx)
Tiffany 1910:	Page 51 and 52
Duncan 1980:	Page 210
Tiffany 1897:	Page 33
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list the site twice, once as Christ Reformed Episcopal Church and once as Christ Church [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Demolished
Building date:	ca. 1860 [CDT1920]
Architect:
Comment:	The building was demolished in 1920 [CDT1920]
Also of interest:	Tiffany decorated the church in the summer of 1895, and this included a lamp over the chancel [CDT1895, IO1895]

Site Items

13.1.1.1:	Fisher Memorial Window: St. Luke (Unknown)
13.1.1.2:	Fuller Memorial Window: Angel (Unknown)
13.1.1.3:	Aldrich Memorial Window: ornamental (Removed)
13.1.1.4:	Corey Memorial Window: ornamental, lilies (Removed)
13.1.1.5:	chancel border in mosaic of red, green and silver (1895) (Likely demolished)

Item 13.1.1.1

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Fisher Memorial Window
Theme:	St. Luke [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 52
Duncan 1980:	Page 210
Tiffany 1897:	Page 33
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	St. Luke
Comment:	There was a memorial window in the church in memory of Alexander Fisher but it seems unlikely to have been by Tiffany [SLOAN2025]

Item 13.1.1.2

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Fuller Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Resurrection [ORG_NEW]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 52
Duncan 1980:	Page 210
Tiffany 1897:	Page 33
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Angel of Resurrection
Comment:	There was a memorial window in the church in memory of Ginevra Fuller but it seems unlikely to have been by Tiffany [SLOAN2025]

Item 13.1.1.3

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

Status:	Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Aldrich Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 52
Duncan 1980:	Page 210
Tiffany 1897:	Page 33
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	William Aldrich (19 Jan 1820 - 3 Dec 1885) [INSCRIPTION, IO1895, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	the vestry [IO1895]
Date:	Installed by 1895 [IO1895]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	WILLIAM ALDRICH / 1820 - 1885 [PHOTO]
	A testimonial to his faithful work as senior warden by his associates of the vestry [IO1895]
Category:	Ornamental
History:	Moved to Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL (SITE:13.1.33) in 1924 [ORG_NEW]
	Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:13.1.34) in 1959 [ORG_NEW]
	Moved with congregation to new building, St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Tinley Park, IL, in 1990, but not installed [ORG_NEW]
	Donated to St. Matthias Anglican Church, Katy, TX (SITE:38.6.1) in 2006 [ORG_NEW]
Same as item:	13.1.33.1; 13.1.34.1; 38.6.1.1

Item 13.1.1.4

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

Status:	Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Corey Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental, lilies [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 52
Duncan 1980:	Page 210
Tiffany 1897:	Page 33
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Francis Edwin Corey (25 Sep 1804 - 19 Mar 1892) and Vernera Leonard Corey (20 Jun 1805 - 10 Jul 1892) [IO1895, ORG_NEW, WEB]
Donor:
Date:	Between 1892 and 1895 [IO1895, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	In Loving Memory Of / Francis Edwin Corey / And / Vernera Leonard Corey/ Died 1892 [PHOTO]
Category:	Floral; Ornamental
History:	Moved to Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL (SITE:13.1.33) in 1924 [ORG_NEW]
	Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:13.1.34) in 1959 [ORG_NEW]
	Moved with congregation to new building, St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Tinley Park, IL, in 1990, but not installed [ORG_NEW]
	Donated to Art Institute of Chicago (SITE:13.1.16) in 2008 [ORG_NEW]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Cory [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Same as item:	13.1.16.3; 13.1.33.2; 13.1.34.2

Item 13.1.1.5

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

Status:	Likely demolished [DEDUCED]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	chancel border in mosaic of red, green and silver [CDT1895]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CDT1895]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	Installed summer 1895 [CDT1895]
Inscription:

References

CDT1895:	Chicago Daily Tribune (28 Sep 1895, p. 9)
CDT1920:	Chicago Daily Tribune (17 Apr 1920, p. 7)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
IO1895:	Daily Inter Ocean (28 Sep 1895, Second Part, p. 9)
ORG_NEW:	Organization that is new owner
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SLOAN2025:	Julie Sloan, personal communication (13 Oct 2025)
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)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information