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Tiffany Census

St. Augustine Roman Catholic 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: 2.1.39
Rating: Unrated
Address: 116 6th Avenue
Location: Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11217, USA
Lat/Lng: 40.67837, -73.97631
Tiffany 1910: Page 17
Duncan 1980: Page 203
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: Low
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1888-1892 [ORG, NYT1892, NYH1892]
Architect: Parfitt Brothers [NYH1892, BRSU1892]
Comment: The Locke Decorative Company installed many windows in the church in 1916-1918 and it seems these replaced most if not all of the Tiffany ornamental windows [EAGLE1916, BRSU1918, NYS2005, DEDUCED]
There was an amazing 18-foot tall Tiffany lamp in the church at the dedication in 1892 [NYH1892, BC1892, BRSU1892, NYT1892]
Tiffany had a May 1896 contract to make two large transept windows, with scenes in the life of St. Augustine and St. Monica, designed by Frederick Wilson, but this was cancelled by Aug 1896 [BC1896A, BC1896B, EAGLE1896A, EAGLE1896B, NYH1896]
Also of interest:

Site Items

2.1.39.1: ornamental windows (Unknown)

Item 2.1.39.1

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

Status: Unknown
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Description: ornamental windows [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 17
Duncan 1980: Page 203
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental

References

BC1892: The Brooklyn Citizen (27 Mar 1892, p. 2)
BC1896A: The Brooklyn Citizen (16 May 1896, p. 2)
BC1896B: The Brooklyn Citizen (22 May 1896, p. 7)
BRSU1892: Brooklyn Standard Union (2 Apr 1892, p. 5)
BRSU1918: Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (24 Nov 1918, p. 11)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EAGLE1896A: Brooklyn Daily Eagle (21 May 1896, p. 3)
EAGLE1896B: Brooklyn Daily Eagle (5 Aug 1896, p. 12)
EAGLE1916: Brooklyn Daily Eagle (23 Apr 1916, p. 2)
NYH1892: New York Herald (17 Mar 1892, p. 28)
NYH1896: New York Herald (5 Aug 1896, p. 11)
NYS2005: New York Sun (27 Jun 2005)
NYT1892: New York Times (16 May 1892)
ORG: Organization
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)

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