| Site Id: |
2.1.48 |
| Rating: |
Nothing |
| Address: |
745 Classon Avenue |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11238, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
40.67527, -73.95962 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 17 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Demolished |
| Building date: |
1886-1887, 1894-1895, 1903, 1912 [ORG] |
| Architect: |
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| Comment: |
Building demolished in 1960s [WEB] |
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Eight memorial windows sold to Lillian Nassau in ca. Oct 1969 for $35100, presumably the six Tiffany windows and the two Brigham windows [ORG, DEDUCED] |
| Also of interest: |
A 1912 window and a 1915 window made by Walter Cole Brigham, with the 1912 one now in the Booklyn Museum (SITE:2.1.59) [EAGLE1912C, EAGLE1915, EAGLE1948, ORG_NEW] |
| Status: |
Removed [ORG] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Stillman Memorial Window (Taylor Memorial Window) |
| Description: |
ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
|
four floral (magnolias, clematis, tulips and other flowers) windows [BL1903B, NYTR1903] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 17 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[NYTR1903, BL1903A, BL1903B] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Charlotte Elizabeth Greenman Stillman (19 Sep 1844 - 20 Feb 1901) [NYTR1903, BL1903A, BL1903B, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
her daughters, Jessie Stillman (Mrs. William Ambrose) Taylor, Helen Elizabeth Stillman (Mrs. William) Armstrong, Mary Emma Stillman (later Harkness), and Charlotte Rogers Stillman [NYTR1903, BL1903A, BL1903B, WEB] |
| Date: |
Dedicated 19 May 1903 (along with new wing) [NYTR1903, BL1903A, BL1903B] |
| Size: |
each window 301 cm high x 152.1 cm wide [SOTH2025, DEDUCED] |
| Lancets: |
each 1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
|
| Category: |
Ornamental |
| Location: |
library [BL1903B] |
| History: |
One of the four windows (with a tulip and clematis design) sold at Christie's New York, 12 Jun 1993 (lot 419) [SOTH2025] |
|
And same window sold for $2390000 at Sotheby's New York, 12 Jun 2025 [SOTH2025] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Taylor Memorial Window because likely Jessie Stillman Taylor was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Comment: |
There is another Tiffany window in memory of Mrs. Stillman in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, New York City (SITE:2.1.74) [DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Removed [ORG] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Crossman Memorial Window |
| Description: |
landscape [PHOTO] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1912A] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Henry Crossman (28 Jan 1805 - 7 Jan 1881) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Caroline Crossman-Riley, as part of legacy in her will [EAGLE1912B, BL1912, EAGLE1902, ORG] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Mar 1912 (building dedicated 21 May 1912) [EAGLE1912A, EAGLE1912B, BL1912] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
IN MEMORY OF / HENRY CROSSMAN / **** [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Landscape |
| History: |
Currently in the Neustadt Collection, Queens, New York City, NY [LP2025] |
| Status: |
Removed [ORG] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Crossman-Riley Memorial Window |
| Description: |
landscape [EAGLE1912A, PHOTO] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1912A] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Caroline Crossman-Riley (d. 28 Jan 1902, aged 78) [INSCRIPTION, NYH1902] |
| Donor: |
herself, as part of legacy in her will [EAGLE1912B, BL1912, EAGLE1902, ORG] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Mar 1912 (building dedicated 21 May 1912) [EAGLE1912A, EAGLE1912B, BL1912] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
IN MEMORY OF / CAROLINE E. CROSSMAN / * RILEY 1902 [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Landscape |
| History: |
Currently in the Neustadt Collection, Queens, New York City, NY [LP2025] |
| BL1903A: |
Brooklyn Life (9 May 1903, p. 10) |
| BL1903B: |
Brooklyn Life (30 May 1903, p. 18-19) |
| BL1912: |
Brooklyn Life (18 May 1912, p. 19) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1902: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (6 Oct 1902, p. 2) |
| EAGLE1912A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (11 Mar 1912, Picture and Sermon section, p. 1) |
| EAGLE1912B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (22 May 1912, p. 5) |
| EAGLE1912C: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (17 May 1912, p. 18) |
| EAGLE1915: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (10 Apr 1915, Picture and Sporting Section, p. 8) |
| EAGLE1948: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (14 Mar 1948, p. 29) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| LP2025: |
Lindsy Parrott, private communication (9 Jun 2025) |
| NYH1902: |
New York Herald (30 Jan 1902, p. 1) |
| NYTR1903: |
New York Daily Tribune (20 May 1903, p. 6) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| ORG_NEW: |
Organization that is new owner |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| SOTH2025: |
Sotheby's, Masterpieces by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Featuring The Ann and Robert Fromer Collection (12 Jun 2025, Lot 309) |
| 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 |
