Faith United Parish, Fitchburg, Massachusetts

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Site Id:	21.9.2
Rating:	2 stars
Other name(s):	Calvinistic Congregational Church
Address:	820 Main Street
Location:	Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.58515, -71.80501
Tiffany 1910:	Page 67
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 41
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1897 [FDS1897, BH1897, HIST1902]
Architect:	H.M. Francis [HIST1902]
Also of interest:	1896 rose window by Redding, Baird & Co. [FDS1896]

Site Items

21.9.2.1:	Wallace Memorial Window: Dorcas (1897) (Extant)
21.9.2.2:	Townend Memorial Window: Resurrection Angel (1903) (Extant)
21.9.2.3:	Wallace Memorial Window: Call of Matthew (1903) (Extant)
21.9.2.4:	Wallace Memorial Window: Faith (1903) (Extant)

Item 21.9.2.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Wallace Memorial Window (Bailey Memorial Window)
Theme:	Dorcas [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 67
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 41
Signature:	not signed [DT2020]
Other documentation:
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [TIFF1897]
Memorial details:	Sophia F. Billings Bailey Wallace (1 Nov 1826 - 9 Nov 1895) [INSCRIPTION, FDS1897, HIST1902, TIFF1897, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her son, Edward Goldsmith Bailey [FDS1897, HIST1902, TIFF1897]
Date:	In place when building dedicated on 10 Feb 1897 [BH1897]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Take heed / unto a light / as / that / shineth in a dark place / In loving memory of / Sophia Billings Wallace / 1826-1895 [PHOTO]
Category:	Dorcas
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call this the Bailey Memorial Window because Mr. Bailey was the donor [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
	Tiffany 1897 (p. 88) quotes an extract from an article in the Fitchburg Sentinel about the window [TIFF1897]

Item 21.9.2.2

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Townend Memorial Window: Resurrection Angel

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Townend Memorial Window
Theme:	Resurrection Angel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 67
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[FDS1903B, BH1903]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [FDS1903B, BH1903]
Memorial details:	Susan Upton Townend (8 Apr 1867 - 1903) [INSCRIPTION, FDS1903A, FDS1903B, BH1903]
Donor:	her husband, Harry G. Townend, and her mother, Mrs. Amelia F. Upton [FDS1903B, BH1903]
Date:	Installed Dec 1903 [FDS1903A]
	Dedicated 20 Dec 1903 [FDS1903A, FDS1903B, BH1903]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	He is not here: / he is risen / In loving memory of / Susan Upton Townend / 1867-1903 [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel of Resurrection
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Townsend [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

Item 21.9.2.3

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Wallace Memorial Window: Call of Matthew

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Wallace Memorial Window
Theme:	Call of Matthew [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 67
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[FDS1903B, BH1903]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [FDS1903B, BH1903]
Memorial details:	Rodney Wallace (21 Dec 1823 - 27 Feb 1903) [INSCRIPTION, FDS1903A, FDS1903B, BH1903, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his sons, Herbert Ingalls Wallace and George R. Wallace [FDS1903B, BH1903, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed Dec 1903 [FDS1903A]
	Dedicated 20 Dec 1903 [FDS1903A, FDS1903B, BH1903]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Follow Me // And he arose / and followed Him // In loving memory of / 1823 Rodney Wallace 1903 [PHOTO]
Category:	St. Matthew

Item 21.9.2.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Wallace Memorial Window
Theme:	Faith [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 67
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[FDS1903B, BH1903]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [FDS1903B, BH1903]
Memorial details:	Sophia Ingalls Wallace (5 May 1828 - 20 Jun 1871) [INSCRIPTION, FDS1903A, FDS1903B, BH1903, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her sons, Herbert Ingalls Wallace and George R. Wallace [FDS1903B, BH1903, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed Dec 1903 [FDS1903A]
	Dedicated 20 Dec 1903 [FDS1903A, FDS1903B, BH1903]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Hope / Through Grace / In loving memory of / Sophia Ingalls Wallace / 1828 - 1871 [PHOTO]
Category:	Faith

References

BH1897:	Boston Herald (11 Feb 1897, p. 7)
BH1903:	Boston Herald (21 Dec 1903, p. 3)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DT2020:	Donald Traser, personal communication (21 Dec 2020)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FDS1896:	Fitchburg Daily Sentinel (10 Dec 1896, p. 6)
FDS1897:	Fitchburg Daily Sentinel (10 Feb 1897, p. 6)
FDS1903A:	Fitchburg Daily Sentinel (18 Dec 1903, p. 6)
FDS1903B:	Fitchburg Daily Sentinel (21 Dec 1903, p. 1, 6)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1902:	A History of the Calvinistic Congregational Church and Society, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, George A. Hitchcock (1902, p. 83, 86)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
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)