| Site Id: |
2.1.12 |
| Rating: |
2 stars |
| Address: |
124 Henry Street |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11201, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
40.697, -73.99346 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 14 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 11 |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1847 [ORG] |
| Architect: |
William B. Olmstead [ORG] |
| Comment: |
The windows are split into two by a gallery [PHOTO] |
| Also of interest: |
1901 Taylor Memorial Window, "At Evening Time It Shall Be Light", designed by Edward Peck Sperry and made by Church Glass and Decorating Company [EAGLE1901] |
|
1902 Barnes Memorial Window, "Mary and Martha", by Benjamin Sellers [EAGLE1902A] |
|
1921 Packard Memorial Tablet by Tiffany Studios [PHOTO, SIGNATURE] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Smith Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
St. John [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 14 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 11 |
| Signature: |
signed [ORG] |
| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1890] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Cyrus Porter Smith (5 Apr 1800 - 13 Feb 1877) and Lydia Hooker Smith (8 Aug 1805 - 29 Apr 1877) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1890, ORG, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
their children and grandchildren [EAGLE1890] |
| Date: |
Installed Sep 1890 [EAGLE1890, NYH1891] |
| Size: |
22' high x 7' wide [EAGLE1890] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
I WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD'S DAY / AND HEARD BEHIND ME A GREAT VOICE / AS OF A TRUMPET SAYING WHAT / THOU SEEST WRITE IN A BOOK // IN / LOVING // CYRUS PORTER SMITH AND LYDIA HOOKER / HIS WIFE : WHO WERE / FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH // MEMORY / OF [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
St. John |
| Location: |
north wall [ORG] |
| After design: |
Sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen [DEDUCED] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 (p. 80) quotes an extract from the 1890 Brooklyn Daily Eagle article [EAGLE1890, TIFF1897] |
| Status: |
Extant [ORG] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Hicks and Peck Memorial Window (Stewart Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Guardian Angel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 14 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 11 |
| Signature: |
TIFFANY STVDIOS - NY [PHOTO] |
|
 |
| Other documentation: |
[NYT1892, NYTR1892, BRSU1892, CU1892] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
John M. Hicks, Mary A. Hicks, Mary H. Peck and Amelia C. Peck [INSCRIPTION, NYT1892, NYTR1892, BRSU1892, CU1892, ORG] |
| Donor: |
daughter / daughter / mother / mother, Mary E. Stewart [NYT1892, NYTR1892, BRSU1892, CU1892] |
| Date: |
Unveiled 25 Sep 1892 [NYT1892] |
| Size: |
21' high x 7' wide [NYT1892, NYTR1892] |
| Inscription: |
THOUGH THE / LORD GIVE YOU THE / BREAD OF ADVERSITY AND / THE WATER OF AFFLICTION / THINE EYES SHALL SEE THY / TEACHERS AND THINE EARS / SHALL HEAR A WORD BEHIND / THEE SAYING THIS IS THE / WAY WALK YE IN IT" // JOHN M HICKS / MARY H PECK // IN MEMORIAM // MARY A HICKS / AMELIA C PECK [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Guardian Angel |
| Location: |
north wall [ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Stewart Memorial Window because Mary E. Stewart was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Comment: |
The signature was evidently added some time after the window was installed [SIGNATURE, DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [ORG] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Sheldon Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Christ and the Fishermen [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 14 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 11 |
| Signature: |
signed [ORG] |
| Other documentation: |
[NYT1892, NYTR1892, BRSU1892, CU1892] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
James Sheldon (12 Mar 1798 - 12 Feb 1851) and Anna Pamela Owen Sheldon (16 Jun 1798 - 5 Dec 1884) [INSCRIPTION, NYT1892, NYTR1892, BRSU1892, CU1892, ORG, EAGLE1902B] |
|
and also their son, Henry King Sheldon (14 Feb 1826 - 2 Mar 1902) [ORG, EAGLE1902B] |
| Donor: |
their sons [NYT1892, CU1892] |
| Date: |
Unveiled 25 Sep 1892 [NYT1892] |
| Size: |
21' high x 7' wide [NYT1892, NYTR1892] |
| Inscription: |
ERECTED IN MEMORY OF // James Sheldon / BORN MARCH 12 1798 / DIED FEB'Y 12 1851 // Anna P Sheldon / BORN JUNE 16 1798 / DIED DEC'B'R 5 1884 [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Fishermen |
| Location: |
north wall [ORG] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
|
| Description: |
ornamental glass, dome light over pulpit [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
|
window over pulpit with ornamental cross [ORG, NYT1892] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 14 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 11 |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[NYT1892, NYTR1892, BRSU1892, CU1892] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
John M. Hicks, Mary A. Hicks, Mary H. Peck and Amelia C. Peck [NYT1892, NYTR1892, BRSU1892, CU1892, ORG] |
| Donor: |
daughter / daughter / mother / mother, Mary E. Stewart [NYT1892, NYTR1892, BRSU1892, CU1892] |
| Date: |
Unveiled 25 Sep 1892 [NYT1892] |
| Inscription: |
|
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Ide Memorial Window (Hine Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Angel of Victory [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 14 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany photo number: |
8127 [EAGLE1907, NYO1907] |
| Signature: |
signed [ORG] |
| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1907, BC1907, NYTR1907, NYO1907] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [EAGLE1907, BC1907, NYTR1907, NYO1907, CMOG2011] |
| Memorial details: |
Henry Ide and Lydia Smith Ide [EAGLE1907, BC1907, NYTR1907, NYO1907, ORG] |
| Donor: |
their children and grandchildren [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1907, BC1907, NYTR1907, NYO1907] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Sep 1907 [EAGLE1907, BC1907, NYTR1907, NYO1907] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
Thine O Lord is the Victory // In Loving Memory of / Henry and Lydia Smith Ide / This window has been erected by their children and grandchildren / 1907 [EAGLE1907, BC1907, NYO1907] |
| Category: |
Angel of Victory |
| Location: |
north wall [ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Hine Memorial Window because likely one of the donors, and the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company, was a daughter, Mrs. Francis L. Hine [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, NYT1919, DEDUCED] |
| Comment: |
Part of the inscription panel (lower part of the window) is missing [PHOTO] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Ogden Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
River of Life [ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
Louis C. Tiffany N.Y. [PHOTO] |
|
 |
| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1921, BRSU1921B] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Colonel Willis Lord Ogden and Ellen Smith Ogden [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1921, BRSU1921A, BRSU1921B, MET1967, ORG] |
| Donor: |
their children [BRSU1921A] |
| Date: |
Dedicated 20 Nov 1921 [EAGLE1921, BRSU1921A] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
There is a River the streams whereof / shall make glad the City of God // In Loving Memory of / Willis Lord Ogden and Ellen Smith Ogden / 1921 [PHOTO, MET1967] |
| Category: |
Landscape |
| Location: |
south wall [ORG] |
| BC1907: |
Brooklyn Citizen (5 Sep 1907, p. 5) |
| BRSU1892: |
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (26 Sep 1892, p. 5) |
| BRSU1921A: |
Brooklyn Standard Union (21 Nov 1921, p. 16) |
| BRSU1921B: |
Brooklyn Standard Union (4 Dec 1921, p. 50) |
| CMOG2011: |
Corning Museum of Glass, Jeffrey Rush Higgins Collection (Frederick Wilson archive) (2011, p. 11 in PDF 7B6D4EC8-BB79-454E-8B32-416FD7DC44BE.pdf) |
| CU1892: |
The Christian Union (1 Oct 1892, p. 600) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1890: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (19 Sep 1890, p. 1) |
| EAGLE1901: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (7 Oct 1901, p. 7) |
| EAGLE1902A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (10 Jan 1902, p. 6) |
| EAGLE1902B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (3 Mar 1902, p. 7) |
| EAGLE1907: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (5 Sep 1907, p. 4) |
| EAGLE1921: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (21 Nov 1921, p. 9) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| MET1967: |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Tiffany Studios design drawing (1967, Accession Number 67.654.228) |
| NYH1891: |
New York Herald (19 Apr 1891, Brooklyn Supplement, p. 1) |
| NYO1907: |
The New York Observer (19 Sep 1907, p. 380) |
| NYT1892: |
New York Times (25 Sep 1892) |
| NYT1919: |
New York Times (10 Jul 1919) |
| NYTR1892: |
New York Daily Tribune (23 Sep 1892, p. 12) |
| NYTR1907: |
New York Daily Tribune (7 Sep 1907, p. 14) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
