Tiffany Census

First Union Congregational Church, Quincy, 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:	13.8.1
Rating:	1 star
Address:	105 N. 12th Street
Location:	Quincy, Illinois 62301, USA
Lat/Lng:	39.93213, -91.39679
Tiffany 1910:	Page 54
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 34
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 also list "decorations", which were carried out in 1896 [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, CONG1896]
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1970 [ORG]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

13.8.1.1:	White Memorial Window: The Good Shepherd (1896) (Extant)
13.8.1.2:	ornamental windows (Unknown)

Item 13.8.1.1

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White Memorial Window: The Good Shepherd

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	White Memorial Window
Theme:	The Good Shepherd [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 54
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 34
Signature:	COPYRIGHT 1896 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[CONG1896]
Designer:	probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:	Thomas White [INSCRIPTION, CONG1896, ORG]
	and also Mary White [INSCRIPTION, ORG]
Donor:	their children, Robert White, Thomas C. White and Mary White Wilson [ORG, CONG1896, TIFF1897]
	also probably another daughter or daughters [TIFF1897, DEDUCED]
Date:	Installed 1896 [CONG1896]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Originally: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS AND MARY WHITE [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ the Good Shepherd
Location:	Morrman Chapel [ORG]
History:	Originally located in the main sanctuary in the previous building on the site [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 (p. 89) quotes an extract from a letter by Thomas C. White saying that the window is "beautiful beyond description" and that "of course it meets with the entire approbration of my sisters, my brother and myself" [TIFF1897]
Comment:	Only part of the original window is on display [ORG]
	The inscription panel is currently located in the Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County, 332 Maine Street, Quincy [DT2023]

Item 13.8.1.2

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 54
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 34
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental

References

CONG1896:	The Congregationalist (3 Dec 1896, p. 874)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DT2023:	Donald Traser, personal communication (5 Sep 2023)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
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)
TIFF1896:	Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)
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)