Site Id: |
2.1.21 |
Rating: |
1 star |
Other name(s): |
First Reformed Dutch Church |
Address: |
729 Carroll Street |
Location: |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11215, USA |
Lat/Lng: |
40.67351, -73.97647 |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 15 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Page 13 |
Tiffany 1893: |
Listed |
Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
Completeness: |
High |
Building status: |
Extant |
Building date: |
1891 [EAGLE1891, NYS1891, NYH1891A, NYH1891B] |
Architect: |
George L. Morse [AIA1978] |
Also of interest: |
Three 1891 windows, "Sower", "Good Shepherd" and "Laborer in the Vineyard", by Heinigke & Bowen [NYH1891A, NYS1891] |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Cortelyou Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Parable of the Talents [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 15 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Page 13 |
Signature: |
probably not signed [ORG] |
Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, HIST1896] |
Designer: |
|
Memorial details: |
Jacques Cortelyou [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, HIST1896, ORG] |
Donor: |
his children [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, ORG] |
Date: |
In place in church when that was dedicated on 27 Sep 1891 [EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN MEMORY OF / JACQUES CORTELYOU / ERECTED BY / HIS CHILDREN / HIS LORD SAID / UNTO HIM WELL / DONE THOU GOOD / AND FAITHFUL / SERVANT THOU / HAST BEEN FAITH- / FUL OVER A FEW / THINGS I WILL / MAKE THEE RULER / OVER MANY THINGS / ENTER THOU INTO / THE JOY OF THY / LORD ST MATTHEW / XXV 21 [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Parable of the Talents |
Location: |
south transept [ORG] |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 (p. 78) quotes an edited extract of the 1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle article which mentions the window, and a Brooklyn Standard Union article [EAGLE1891, TIFF1897] |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Kissam Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Christ and the Woman of Samaria [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 15 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Page 13 |
Signature: |
not signed [ORG] |
Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, HIST1896] |
Designer: |
|
Memorial details: |
George Kissam (10 Sep 1810 - 16 Dec 1889) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, HIST1896, ORG, FINDAGRAVE] |
Donor: |
his wife, Phebe Ryerson Kissam [EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B, ORG] |
Date: |
In place in church when that was dedicated on 27 Sep 1891 [EAGLE1891, NYT1891, NYS1891, NYH1891B] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO / HER WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THIS / WATER SHALL THIRST AGAIN / BUT WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THE / WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM / SHALL NEVER THIRST BUT THE WATER THAT I / SHALL GIVE HIM SHALL BE IN HIM A / WELL OF WATER SPRINGING UP INTO / EVERLASTING LIFE JOHN IV 14-15 // IN LOVING MEMORY / GEORGE KISSAM DECEMBER 16 1889 [PHOTO, EAGLE1891] |
Category: |
Woman of Samaria |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 (p. 78) quotes an edited extract of the 1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle article which mentions the window, and a Brooklyn Standard Union article [EAGLE1891, TIFF1897] |
AIA1978: |
AIA Guide to New York City, Norval White and Elliot Willensky (1978, p. 429) |
DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
EAGLE1891: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (27 Sep 1891, p.9) |
FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
HIST1896: |
History of the First Reformed Church of Brooklyn (1896, p. 76 and 77) |
INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
NYH1891A: |
New York Herald (20 Sep 1891, Brooklyn Supplement) |
NYH1891B: |
New York Herald (27 Sep 1891, Brooklyn Supplement) |
NYS1891: |
New York Sun (28 Sep 1891, p. 2) |
NYT1891: |
New York Times (25 Sep 1891, p.9) |
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) |