| Site Id: |
21.4.6 |
| Rating: |
Nothing |
| Address: |
492 Beacon Street |
| Location: |
Boston, Massachusetts 02116, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
42.35109, -71.08937 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 63 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Destroyed |
| Building date: |
ca. 1892 [WIKI] |
| Architect: |
C. Howard Walker [WIKI] |
| Comment: |
The abandoned building was badly damaged by fire, 20 Jul 1978 [BHA1978] |
| Also of interest: |
1898 apse decoration by Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, including murals of Christ and the Four Evangelists executed by Edward Peck Sperry to designs of René de Quelin [BSH1898, CONG1898] |
|
1897 Means Memorial Window, "23rd Psalm", by La Farge [CONG1897] |
|
1898 Ayer Memorial Window, "Pool of Bethesda", by La Farge (now in the Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA, SITE:21.49.8) [BDA1898, CONG1898, ORG_NEW] |
| Status: |
Partly removed [ORG_NEW, WTG2015] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Pinckard Memorial Window (Brown Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Resurrection Angel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 63 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
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| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Edith A. Brown (Mrs. Charles P.) Pinckard (d. 10 Feb 1897) [BH1899, BJ1899, HIST1942, BH1896, BJ1897] |
| Donor: |
her father, Benjamin F. Brown [BH1899, HIST1942] |
| Date: |
Dedicated Easter Sunday, 2 Apr 1899 [BH1899, BJ1899, HIST1942] |
| Size: |
each section 6'7" high x 3' wide [BH1899] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO, BH1899] |
| Inscription: |
EDITHA // "BLESSED ARE THE PVRE IN HEART / FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD" + + + + // *** [PHOTO, BH1899] |
| Category: |
Angel of Resurrection |
| History: |
The congregation donated the window to the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (SITE:21.49.8) in 1975 [ORG_NEW, WTG2015] |
|
Initially only two lancets made it to the museum but the third lancet was recovered via a New York auction house in 2024 [ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Brown Memorial Window because Mr. Brown was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Same as item: |
21.49.8.1 |
| BDA1898: |
Boston Daily Advertiser (21 Nov 1898, p. 8) |
| BH1896: |
Boston Herald (30 Apr 1896, p. 7) |
| BH1899: |
Boston Herald (3 Apr 1899, p. 4) |
| BHA1978: |
Boston Herald American (21 Jul 1978, p. 3) |
| BJ1897: |
Boston Journal (12 Feb 1897, p. 10) |
| BJ1899: |
Boston Journal (3 Apr 1899, p. 8) |
| BSH1898: |
Boston Sunday Herald (11 Sep 1898, p. 34) |
| CONG1897: |
The Congregationalist (4 Nov 1897, p. 659) |
| CONG1898: |
The Congregationalist (8 Dec 1898, p. 841) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| HIST1942: |
One Hundred Years of Mount Vernon Church, 1842-1942, Pauline Holmes (1942, p. 25, 30) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| ORG_NEW: |
Organization that is new owner |
| 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) |
| WIKI: |
Wikipedia |
| WTG2015: |
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (21 Nov 2015) |
