| Site Id: |
13.1.4 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Address: |
201 S. Ashland Avenue |
| Location: |
Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
41.87872, -87.66615 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 52 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 210 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 33 |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Listed |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 both just list "Memorial Window", which could refer to none or any or all three of the windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1885 [IO1885, NRHP1997] |
| Architect: |
Francis Whitehouse of Burling & Whitehouse [IO1885, HIST1897, NRHP1997] |
| Comment: |
Some of the windows in the church were stolen in 1970 [NRHP1997] |
| Also of interest: |
1885 Cameron Memorial Window by McCully & Miles [IO1885, CHU1886] |
|
1885 Hill Memorial Window by McCully & Miles [IO1885, CHU1886] |
|
1885 Gardner Memorial Window, "Sistine Madonna", by McCully & Miles [IO1885, CHU1886] |
|
Other 1885 windows by McCully & Miles [IO1885] |
|
1901 Venetian mosaic, "The Savior Bearing His Cross" and "The Madonna and the Child", two of the reredos panels [CT1901A, CT1901B] |
|
1912 Brower Memorial Mosaic, "Resurrection", central panel of reredos, designed by Marion Curtis Darst [IO1912, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Status: |
Likely removed [GKK2022, DEDUCED] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Strong Memorial Window |
| Description: |
cross [IO1885] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[IO1885, CHU1886] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Charles H. Strong (d. 18 Nov 1883) [IO1885, CHU1886, HIST1897] |
| Donor: |
his wife [IO1885, CHU1886] |
| Date: |
In place when building opened on 20 Dec 1885 [IO1885] |
| Inscription: |
In loving memory of Charles H. Strong, entered into rest Nov. 18, 1883 [IO1885, HIST1897] |
| Category: |
Ornamental |
| Location: |
south wall [IO1885, CHU1886] |
| CHU1886: |
The Churchman (9 Jan 1886, p. 38) |
| CT1901A: |
Chicago Tribune (28 Jun 1901, p. 13) |
| CT1901B: |
Chicago Tribune (30 Jun 1901, p. 8) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| GKK2022: |
Grace Kennings-Kwiatkowska, personal communication (3 Nov 2022) |
| HIST1897: |
Parish History and Year Book of the Church of Epiphany, Theodore N. Morrison and George B. Pratt (1897) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| IO1885: |
Daily Inter Ocean (20 Dec 1885, p. 10) |
| IO1912: |
Daily Inter Ocean (27 May 1912, p. 9) |
| NRHP1997: |
National Register of Historic Places, Malachy R. McCarthy (1997) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| TGM2017: |
Tiffany's Glass Mosaics, Kelly A. Conway and Lindsy R. Parrott (mosaic list compiled by Morgan T. Albahary) (2017, p. 234) |
| 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) |
