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Tiffany Census

Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville, Kentucky

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: 17.4.1
Rating: 2 stars
Address: 421 South 2nd Street
Location: Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA
Lat/Lng: 38.252, -85.75365
Tiffany 1910: Page 57
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 36
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1824 [ORG]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

17.4.1.1: Ballard Memorial Window: Angel of Praise (1895) (Extant) item has a photo
17.4.1.2: Smith and Newcomb Memorial Window: Good Samaritan (1896) (Extant) item has a photo
17.4.1.3: Craik Memorial Window: Resurrection Angel (1897) (Extant) item has a photo
17.4.1.4: Dudley Memorial Window: Latin Cross (1904) (Extant) item has a photo
17.4.1.5: Hite Memorial Window: Resurrection (1898) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 17.4.1.1

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Ballard Memorial Window:  Angel of Praise
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Ballard Memorial Window
Theme: Angel of Praise [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Angel of the Chants [HIST1937]
Tiffany 1910: Page 57
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 36
Signature: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co [DT2013]
Other documentation:
Designer: probably Joseph Lauber [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Lauber as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Abigail (Abby) Churchill Ballard (24 Jun 1853 - 2 Apr 1874) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1937, WMQ1901]
Donor: her mother, Frances Ann Thruston Ballard [HIST1937, WMQ1901]
Date: 1895 [HIST1937]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In memory of / *** / Abby Churchill / Ballard / *** / *** / ** April 1874 // Our Angels / of the Lord, / bless ye the Lord [PHOTO]
Category: Angel of Praise

Item 17.4.1.2

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Smith and Newcomb Memorial Window:  Good Samaritan
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Smith and Newcomb Memorial Window (Ten Broeck Memorial Window)
Theme: Good Samaritan [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 57
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 36
Signature: not signed, 1897 on glass [DT2013]
Other documentation: [LCJ1896, CHU1896]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [LCJ1896]
Memorial details: John Benjamin Smith (22 Jun 1822 - 20 Apr 1887) [LCJ1896, CHU1896, HIST1937, WEB]
and Horatio Dalton Newcomb (10 Aug 1809 - 18 Aug 1874) [LCJ1896, FINDAGRAVE]
or Warren Smith Newcomb (10 Aug 1872 - 14 Jan 1895) [CHU1896, HIST1937, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: daughter / wife / mother, Mary Cornelia Smith Newcomb Ten Broeck [LCJ1896, CHU1896, HIST1937, WEB]
Date: Unveiled 1 Nov 1896 [LCJ1896]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Good Samaritan
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call this the Ten Broeck Memorial Window because Mrs. Ten Broeck was the donor (she married her second husband, Richard Ten Broeck, in 1878) [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED, WEB]
Tiffany 1897 (p. 84) quotes an extract from the 1896 Louisville Courier-Journal article [LCJ1896, TIFF1897]

Item 17.4.1.3

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Craik Memorial Window:  Resurrection Angel
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Craik Memorial Window
Theme: Resurrection Angel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 57
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Page 36
Signature: copyright 1897 Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co [DT2013]
Other documentation: [LCJ1897]
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar (reflected) composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Juliet Shrewsbury Craik (19 Jul 1809 - 7 Sep 1895) [LCJ1897, HIST1937, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: the women of the congregation [LCJ1897, HIST1937]
Date: Copyright 1897 [SIGNATURE]
Dedicated 2 Jun 1897 [LCJ1897]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: To the Glory of God and in Memory of Juliet Shrewsbury Craik. July 19, 1809. September 7, 1895. Wife of the Rev. James Craik, D.D., LL.D. "Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord." [LCJ1897]
Category: Angel of Resurrection

Item 17.4.1.4

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Dudley Memorial Window:  Latin Cross
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Dudley Memorial Window
Theme: Latin Cross [LC1904]
Purple Cross [HIST1937]
Description: ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 57
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: Tiffany Studios New York [DT2013]
Other documentation: [LC1904]
Designer:
Memorial details: Thomas Underwood Dudley (26 Sep 1837 - 22 Jan 1904), Bishop of Kentucky 1875-1904 [INSCRIPTION, LC1904, HIST1937, FINDAGRAVE, NYT1904]
Donor: his wife, Mary Elizabeth Aldrich Dudley [HIST1937, FINDAGRAVE, NYT1904]
Date: Installed ca. Oct 1904 [LC1904]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: WHICH IS OUR HOPE // Thomas Underwood / Dudley / Bishop of Kentucky / 1875 1904 [PHOTO, LC1904]
Category: Ornamental
Comment: There is a Tiffany window (ITEM:20.2.36.1) in memory of Bishop Dudley in Church of the Messiah, Baltimore, MD [DEDUCED]

Item 17.4.1.5

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Hite Memorial Window:  Resurrection
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Hite Memorial Window (McCulloch Memorial Window)
Theme: Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 57
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: not signed [DT2013]
Other documentation: [LCJ1898, CHU1898, CHUR1898]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [LCJ1898, TIFF1896]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition for the angel [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: William Chambers Hlte (23 Jul 1820 - 1882 or 1883) and his wife, Mary Rose Hite (9 Sep 1830 - 22 Dec 1897) [LCJ1898, HIST1937, WEB]
Donor: their daughter, Mrs. J.G. McCulloch [LCJ1898, HIST1937]
Date: Installed 5 Apr 1898 [LCJ1898]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: HE IS RISEN HE IS NOT HERE // *** [PHOTO]
Category: Resurrection without Christ
Employees: Edwin Stanton George was sent to put the window in place [LCJ1898]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the McCulloch Memorial Window because Mrs. McCulloch was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

References

CHU1896: The Churchman (14 Nov 1896, p. 654)
CHU1898: The Churchman (Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company advertisement) (9 Apr 1898, p. 524)
CHUR1898: The Church (Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company advertisement) (Apr 1898, p. 43)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DT2013: Donald Traser, personal communication (7 Jun 2013)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1937: History of Christ Church Cathedral, Richard Lightburne McCready (1937, p. 266-267)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
LC1904: The Living Church (29 Oct 1904, p. 907)
LCJ1896: Louisville Courier-Journal (1 Nov 1896, Section 3, p. 3)
LCJ1897: Louisville Courier-Journal (19 Sep 1897, Section 3, p. 4)
LCJ1898: Louisville Courier-Journal (6 Apr 1898, p. 10)
NYT1904: New York Times (23 Jan 1904)
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
SIGNATURE: Signature on 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)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information
WMQ1901: The William and Mary Quarterly, Armistead Churchill and His Descendants (Jul 1901, Vol. 10, No. 1, p. 43)

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