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Church of the Redeemer, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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: 24.3.1
Rating: Nothing
Other name(s): First Universalist Church
Address: 215 S. 8th Street
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, USA
Lat/Lng: 44.97445, -93.27018
Tiffany 1910: Page 76
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 47
Tiffany 1893: Listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Destroyed
Building date: 1889 [SPDG1889, MT1889A, MT1889B]
Architect:
Comment: The windows were badly damaged by a tornado in 1903 and the bulding was destroyed by fire, 18 Feb 1953 [ORG, ORG_NEW]
Also of interest: 1889 Washburn and Herrick Memorial windows made by Herter Brothers [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891]

Site Items

24.3.1.1.a: Morrison Memorial Window: Memory (1889) (Likely destroyed) item has a photo
24.3.1.1.b: Rand and Coykendall Memorial Window: Hope (1889) (Likely destroyed) item has a photo
24.3.1.1.c: Gilson Memorial Window: ornamental window (1889) (Likely destroyed) item has a photo
24.3.1.1.d: Tuttle Memorial Window: ornamental window (1889) (Likely destroyed) item has a photo

Item 24.3.1.1.a

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Morrison Memorial Window:  Memory
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Likely destroyed [DEDUCED]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Morrison Memorial Window
Theme: Memory [SPDG1889, MT1889A, MT1889B, TUTT1905]
Tiffany 1910: Page 76
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 47
Signature:
Other documentation: [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891]
Designer:
Memorial details: Harriet Putnam Morrison (d. 4 Nov 1880, aged 59 years) [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891, MJ1903, TUTT1905, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date: In place when building dedicated 24 Nov 1889 [SPDG1889]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, MT1889A, MT1889B]
Inscription:
Category: Memory
Location: east transept [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891, TUTT1905]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list the Morrison and Rand Memorial Window so presumably that means both the Morrison Memorial Window and the Rand-Coykendall Memorial Window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

Item 24.3.1.1.b

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Rand and Coykendall Memorial Window:  Hope
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Likely destroyed [DEDUCED]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Rand and Coykendall Memorial Window
Theme: Hope [SPDG1889, MT1889A, MT1889B, TUTT1905]
Tiffany 1910: Page 76
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 47
Signature:
Other documentation: [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rand and Coykendall families (nine victims of the sinking of the ship "Minnie Cook" in Lake Minnetonka in summer of 1885, including former Mayor A.C. Rand and his wife, son, daughter and nephew, and son-in-law John R. Coykendall and his wife and daughter) [SPDG1889, MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891, MJ1903, TUTT1905]
Donor:
Date: In place when building dedicated 24 Nov 1889 [SPDG1889]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, MT1889A, MT1889B]
Inscription:
Category: Hope
Location: east transept [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891, TUTT1905]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list the Morrison and Rand Memorial Window so presumably that means both the Morrison Memorial Window and the Rand-Coykendall Memorial Window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

Item 24.3.1.1.c

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

Status: Likely destroyed [DEDUCED]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Gilson Memorial Window
Description: ornamental window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 76
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 47
Signature:
Other documentation: [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891]
Designer:
Memorial details: Frederick A. Gilson (d. 15 Jun 1870) [HIST1891, MJ1903, TUTT1905, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date: In place when building dedicated 24 Nov 1889 [SPDG1889]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, MT1889A, MT1889B]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
Location: east transept [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891, TUTT1905]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list Ornamental Windows without a name so presumably that means both the Gilson Memorial Window and the Tutall Memorial Window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment: The 1889 newspaper articles do not mention Gilson so likely his name was added subsequently [SPDG1889, MT1889A, MT1889B, DEDUCED]

Item 24.3.1.1.d

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

Status: Likely destroyed [DEDUCED]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Tuttle Memorial Window
Description: ornamental window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 76
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 47
Signature:
Other documentation: [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891]
Designer:
Memorial details: Tuttle family [SPDG1889, MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891]
Harriet Merriman Tuttle (12 Jul 1824 - 11 Jan 1873) and her son James C. Tuttle (14 Jun 1853 - 1 May 1886) [TUTT1905, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date: In place when building dedicated 24 Nov 1889 [SPDG1889]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, MT1889A, MT1889B]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
Location: east transept [MT1889A, MT1889B, HIST1891, TUTT1905]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list Ornamental Windows without a name so presumably that means both the Gilson Memorial Window and the Tutall Memorial Window [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1891: The Field and the Fruit: A Memorial of Twenty-five Years' Ministry with the Church of the Redeemer, Minneapolis, James H. Tuttle (1891, p. 34)
MJ1903: The Minneapolis Journal (21 Nov 1903, p. 6)
MT1889A: The Minneapolis Tribune (24 Nov 1889, p. 1)
MT1889B: The Minneapolis Tribune (25 Nov 1889, p. 5)
ORG: Organization
ORG_NEW: Organization that is new owner
PHOTO: Photo of item
SPDG1889: The Saint Paul Daily Globe (25 Nov 1889, p. 3)
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)
TUTT1905: Rev. James H. Tuttle, D.D.: A Memoir, Marion Daniel Shutter (1905, p. 181-182)

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