Brown Memorial Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York City, New York

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:	2.1.20
Rating:	1 star
Other name(s):	Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Address:	484 Washington Avenue
Location:	Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11238, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.68426, -73.96523
Tiffany 1910:	Page 15
Duncan 1980:	Page 203
Tiffany 1897:	Page 12
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:	Ebenezer L. Roberts [NYT1890, EAGLE1891A, NYT1891]
Also of interest:	1902 Sizer Memorial Window, "Good Samaritan", by Benjamin Sellers [EAGLE1902A, EAGLE1902B, NYT1902]
	1911 chancel mosaic of Christ, St. Paul and St. Peter designed by Frances White and made by Walter Janes [EAGLE1911, BT1911, NYT1911]

Site Items

2.1.20.1:	Bedford Memorial Window: ornamental (Unknown)
2.1.20.2:	Patton Memorial Window: ornamental (1891) (Extant)
2.1.20.3:	Cotton Memorial Window: ornamental (1891) (Extant)
2.1.20.4:	Harding Memorial Window: symbolical (1891) (Extant)
2.1.20.5:	Roberts Memorial Window: The Pilgrims (1891) (Extant)
2.1.20.6:	Dingee Memorial Window: The Resurrection (1890) (Extant)
2.1.20.7:	ornamental windows (Unknown)
2.1.20.8:	Corning Memorial Window: The Light of the Cross (1891) (Extant)

Item 2.1.20.1

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Bedford Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 15
Duncan 1980:	Page 203
Tiffany 1897:	Page 12
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Same as item:	Probably 2.1.20.8

Item 2.1.20.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Patton Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	star of pale brown with a white jewel for its heart [NYH1891]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 15
Duncan 1980:	Page 203
Tiffany 1897:	Page 12
Signature:
Other documentation:	[EAGLE1891A, NYT1891, NYH1891, NYTR1891B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Alfred Spencer Patton (12 Dec 1824 - 12 Jan 1888) [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYH1891, NYTR1891B, WEB]
Donor:
Date:	Dedicated Easter Sunday, 29 Mar 1891 [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYTR1891B]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	south side [NYH1891]

Item 2.1.20.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Cotton Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	at the top a black cross in a gold circlet, in center the word "Love" in gold, at the bottom an anchor of red and blue [NYH1891]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 15
Duncan 1980:	Page 203
Tiffany 1897:	Page 12
Signature:
Other documentation:	[EAGLE1891A, NYT1891, NYH1891, NYTR1891B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Hannah M. Cotton [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYH1891, NYTR1891B]
Donor:	her husband, William H. Cotton [NYH1891]
Date:	Dedicated Easter Sunday, 29 Mar 1891 [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYTR1891B]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	south side [NYH1891]

Item 2.1.20.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Harding Memorial Window
Description:	symbolical [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	a shock of golden corn in a blue sky [NYH1891]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 15
Duncan 1980:	Page 203
Tiffany 1897:	Page 12
Signature:
Other documentation:	[EAGLE1891A, NYT1891, NYH1891, NYTR1891B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Robert Harding (17 Mar 1811 - 14 Nov 1886) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYH1891, NYTR1891B]
Donor:
Date:	Dedicated Easter Sunday, 29 Mar 1891 [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYTR1891B]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT HARDING / BORN MARCH 17 1811 / DIED NOVEMBER 14 1886 [PHOTO]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	north side [NYH1891]

Item 2.1.20.5

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Roberts Memorial Window (Dingee Memorial Window)
Theme:	The Pilgrims [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 15
Duncan 1980:	Page 203
Tiffany 1897:	Page 12
Signature:
Other documentation:	[EAGLE1891A, NYT1891, NYH1891, NYTR1891B, BRSU1891]
Designer:	Louis Comfort Tiffany [NYH1891]
Memorial details:	Ebenezer L. Roberts (d. 13 Mar 1890), the architect of the church, and a longtime deacon and trustee of the original congregation [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYT1890, NYH1891, NYTR1891B, BRSU1891]
Donor:	his daughter, Mrs. I.E. Hasbrouck, and the church [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1890B, NYT1890]
Date:	Dedicated Easter Sunday, 29 Mar 1891 [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYTR1891B, BRSU1891]
Size:	40' high x 15' wide [NYT1891]
	about 38' high x 10' wide [BRSU1891]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	BEHOLD / I SEND / AN ANGEL / BEFORE / THEE / TO KEEP / THEE IN / THE WAY // AND TO / BRING / THEE / INTO THE / PLACE WHICH I HAVE PREPARED [PHOTO, ORG]
Category:	Pilgrim
Location:	north transept [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B]
Cost:	about $2000 [BRSU1891]
Restoration:	Restored 2013-2014 by Rohlf's Stained and Leaded Glass Studio [WEB]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Dingee Memorial Window so either this was a mistake or a Dingee was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment:	Window damaged by a vandal, Nov 1926 [NYT1926]

Item 2.1.20.6

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Dingee Memorial Window
Theme:	The Resurrection [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 15
Duncan 1980:	Page 203
Tiffany 1897:	Page 12
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BT1890, EAGLE1891A, NYT1891, NYH1891, NYTR1891B]
Designer:	Louis Comfort Tiffany [NYH1891]
Memorial details:	Peter M. Dingee [BT1890, NYH1891, NYTR1891B]
	and his wife [EAGLE1890A]
Donor:	their children [EAGLE1890A, BT1890, NYH1891]
	in particular, their son, Charles E. Dingee [BT1890]
Date:	Unveiled Easter Sunday, 6 Apr 1890 [EAGLE1890A, BT1890]
	Modified window unveiled Easter Sunday, 29 Mar 1891 [EAGLE1891B]
Inscription:
Category:	Resurrection
Location:	south transept [BT1890, EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B]
History:	Window modified at the top by Tiffany in 1891 [EAGLE1891A, NYTR1891A, NYTR1891B]

Item 2.1.20.7

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 15
Duncan 1980:	Page 203
Tiffany 1897:	Page 12
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental

Item 2.1.20.8

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Corning Memorial Window
Theme:	The Light of the Cross [NYH1891]
Description:	pearly cross set in the midst of blue rocks [NYH1891]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[EAGLE1891A, NYT1891, NYH1891, NYTR1891B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Catharine J. Corning (d. 25 Oct 1889) [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYTR1891B, EAGLE1889]
Donor:
Date:	Dedicated Easter Sunday, 29 Mar 1891 [EAGLE1891A, EAGLE1891B, NYT1891, NYTR1891B]
Inscription:
Location:	south side [NYH1891]
Same as item:	Probably 2.1.20.1

References

BRSU1891:	Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (30 Mar 1891, p. 5)
BT1890:	The Brooklyn Times (7 Apr 1890, p. 4)
BT1911:	The Brooklyn Times (12 Apr 1911, p. 10)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EAGLE1889:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (26 Oct 1889, p. 5)
EAGLE1890A:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (8 Apr 1890, p. 1)
EAGLE1890B:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (14 Mar 1890, p. 6)
EAGLE1891A:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (27 Mar 1891, p. 5)
EAGLE1891B:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (30 Mar 1891, p. 1)
EAGLE1902A:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (5 Jul 1902, p. 6)
EAGLE1902B:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (6 Jul 1902, News and Cable section, p. 7)
EAGLE1911:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (13 Apr 1911, Picture Section, p. 1)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
NYH1891:	New York Herald (19 Apr 1891, Brooklyn Supplement, p. 1)
NYT1890:	New York Times (14 Mar 1890)
NYT1891:	New York Times (19 Mar 1891, p. 8)
NYT1902:	New York Times (7 Jul 1902, p. 7)
NYT1911:	New York Times (12 Apr 1911)
NYT1926:	New York Times (6 Dec 1926, p. 48)
NYTR1891A:	New York Daily Tribune (19 Mar 1891, p. 12)
NYTR1891B:	New York Daily Tribune (30 Mar 1891, p. 10)
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)
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