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Highland Cemetery, Starkweather Memorial Chapel, Ypsilanti, Michigan

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The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 23.11.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 943 N. River Street
Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.25542, -83.61021
Tiffany 1910: Page 75
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 46
Tiffany 1893: Listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 only list "Ornamental Windows", and in particular, do not give any memorial names [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1889 [YC1889]
Architect: George D. Mason [WIKI]
Also of interest:

Site Items

23.11.1.1.a: Newberry Memorial Window: ornamental window (1889) (Extant)
23.11.1.1.b: Newberry Memorial Window: ornamental window (1889) (Extant)
23.11.1.1.c: Weed Memorial Window: ornamental window (1889) (Extant) item has a photo
23.11.1.1.d: Pierce Memorial Window: ornamental window (1889) (Extant) item has a photo
23.11.1.1.d: ornamental windows (1889) (Extant)

Item 23.11.1.1.a

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO, LARUE2021]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Newberry Memorial Window
Description: ornamental window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 75
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 46
Signature:
Other documentation: [PORT1891]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rhoda Phelps Newberry (1793-1877) [PORT1891, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her daughter, Mary Newberry Starkweather [PORT1891]
Date: In place when building completed, 1889 [LARUE2021]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, LARUE2021]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
Location: apse [LARUE2021]
Comment: The lower half of the window has been replaced, and in particular, any inscription panel that might have existed has been lost [LARUE2021, DEDUCED]

Item 23.11.1.1.b

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO, LARUE2021]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Newberry Memorial Window
Description: ornamental window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 75
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 46
Signature:
Other documentation: [PORT1891]
Designer:
Memorial details: John Stoughton Newberry (18 Nov 1826 - 2 Jan 1887) [PORT1891, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his sister, Mary Newberry Starkweather [PORT1891]
Date: In place when building completed, 1889 [LARUE2021]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, LARUE2021]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
Location: apse [LARUE2021]
Comment: The lower half of the window has been replaced, and in particular, any inscription panel that might have existed has been lost [LARUE2021, DEDUCED]

Item 23.11.1.1.c

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Weed Memorial Window:  ornamental window
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Weed Memorial Window
Description: ornamental window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 75
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 46
Signature:
Other documentation: [PORT1891]
Designer:
Memorial details: Ira Mason Weed (14 Jan 1804 - 30 Nov 1871) [INSCRIPTION, PORT1891, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: Mary Newberry Starkweather [PORT1891]
Date: In place when building completed, 1889 [LARUE2021]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: GLORIA IN EXCELSIS // IN MEMORY / OF / IRA M WEED / D D // *** [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental
Location: north side [LARUE2021]

Item 23.11.1.1.d

You can click on the photo to get the full sized image.
Pierce Memorial Window:  ornamental window
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Pierce Memorial Window
Description: ornamental window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 75
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 46
Signature:
Other documentation: [PORT1891]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. John Davis Pierce (18 Feb 1797 - 5 Apr 1882) [INSCRIPTION, PORT1891, FINDAGRAVE, LARUE2021]
Donor: Mary Newberry Starkweather [PORT1891]
Date: In place when building completed, 1889 [LARUE2021]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN / MEMORY / OF // JOHN D. PIERCE / D D / 1800 1882 [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental
Location: south side [LARUE2021]

Item 23.11.1.1.d

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Description: ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 75
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 46
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: In place when building completed, 1889 [LARUE2021]
Inscription:

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
LARUE2021: Barry LaRue, personal communication (3-4 Feb 2021)
PHOTO: Photo of item
PORT1891: Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan (1891, p. 196)
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
YC1889: Ypsilanti Commercial (6 Dec 1889, p. 5)

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