Tiffany Census

Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri

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:	26.2.2
Rating:	1 star
Address:	415 West 13th Street
Location:	Kansas City, Missouri 64105, USA
Lat/Lng:	39.09799, -94.58942
Tiffany 1910:	Page 78
Duncan 1980:	Page 216
Tiffany 1897:	Page 48
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1898 [ORG]
Architect:
Also of interest:	1909 rood screen by Tiffany [CHU1909]
	Windows by Connick, Duffner and Kimberly, Lamb Studios, Heinigke and Bowen, Powell and Sons, Jacoby Art Glass Company [ORG]

Site Items

26.2.2.1:	Pratt Memorial Window: Angel of the Nativity (1897) (Destroyed)
26.2.2.2:	Berdell Memorial Window: Angel of the Resurrection (1897) (Destroyed)
26.2.2.3:	Nelson and Kirkwood Memorial Window: Hart Window (1926) (Destroyed)
26.2.2.4:	Nelson and Kirkwood Memorial Window: Hart Window (1930) (Extant)
26.2.2.5:	Van Valkenburgh Memorial Window: My Jewels Window (1935) (Extant)

Item 26.2.2.1

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Pratt Memorial Window: Angel of the Nativity

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

Status:	Destroyed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Pratt Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of the Nativity [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 78
Duncan 1980:	Page 216
Tiffany 1897:	Page 48
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Adaline Amanda Russell Pratt (28 Mar 1834 - 14 Mar 1874) [INSCRIPTION, KCJ1897, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date:	Dedicated 6 Jun 1897 [KCJ1897]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO // ADALINE RVSSELL PRATT / MARCH 28 1834 - MARCH 14 1874 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Angel of Nativity
Location:	chancel [KCJ1897, PHOTO]
Comment:	Destroyed by fire, 26 Mar 1929 [ORG]

Item 26.2.2.2

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Berdell Memorial Window: Angel of the Resurrection

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

Status:	Destroyed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Berdell Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of the Resurrection [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 78
Duncan 1980:	Page 216
Tiffany 1897:	Page 48
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Alice Pratt Berdell (2 Sep 1858 - 28 Feb 1887) [INSCRIPTION, KCJ1897]
Donor:
Date:	Dedicated 6 Jun 1897 [KCJ1897]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	HAIL THOU THAT ART HIGHLY FAVORED // IN MEMORY OF ALICE PRATT BERDELL / BORN SEPTEMBER 2 1858 - DIED FEBRVARY 28 1887 [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel of Resurrection
Location:	chancel [KCJ1897, PHOTO]
Comment:	Destroyed by fire, 26 Mar 1929 [ORG]

Item 26.2.2.3

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Nelson and Kirkwood Memorial Window: Hart Window

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

Status:	Destroyed [KCT1929, JG1929, KCS1930A, KCT1930, ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Nelson and Kirkwood Memorial Window
Theme:	Hart Window [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[KCS1926A, KCS1926B, KCT1926]
Designer:
Memorial details:	William Rockhill Nelson (7 Mar 1841 - 13 Apr 1915), Ida Houston Nelson (17 Mar 1853 - 6 Oct 1921) and Laura Rockhill Nelson Kirkwood (14 Feb 1883 - 27 Feb 1926) [KCS1926A, KCS1926B, KCT1926, JG1929, KCS1930A, KCT1930, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	son-in-law / son-in-law / husband, Irwin Russell Kirkwood [KCS1926B, KCT1926, JG1929, KCS1930A, KCT1930, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Dedicated 5 Dec 1926 [KCS1926A, KCS1926B, KCT1926]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	LIKE AS THE HART DESIRETH THE WATER BROOKS / SO LONGETH MY SOUL AFTER THEE O GOD - FORTY-SECOND PSALM [KCS1926A, DEDUCED]
	TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON / IDA HOUSTON NELSON / LAURA NELSON KIRKWOOD [KCS1926B, DEDUCED]
Category:	Landscape
Location:	west wall [ORG, KCT1926]
Cost:	$8000 [ORG, KCT1929]
Comment:	Destroyed by fire, 26 Mar 1929 [KCS1929, KCT1929, KCS1930A]
	Replaced with new Nelson window (ITEM:26.2.2.4), an exact duplicate [KCS1930A, PHOTO, ORG]

Item 26.2.2.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Nelson and Kirkwood Memorial Window
Theme:	Hart Window [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Louis C. Tiffany, N.Y. [ORG, DT2014]
Other documentation:	[KCT1930]
Designer:
Memorial details:	William Rockhill Nelson (7 Mar 1841 - 13 Apr 1915), Ida Houston Nelson (17 Mar 1853 - 6 Oct 1921) and Laura Rockhill Nelson Kirkwood (14 Feb 1883 - 27 Feb 1926) [INSCRIPTION, KCS1930A, KCT1930, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	son-in-law / son-in-law / husband, Irwin Russell Kirkwood [KCS1930A, KCT1930, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed Jan 1930 [KCS1930A]
	Dedicated 9 Feb 1930 [KCS1930A, KCS1930B, KCT1930]
Size:	15' high x 5' wide [ORG]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	LIKE AS THE HART DESIRETH THE WATER BROOKS / SO LONGETH MY SOUL AFTER THEE O GOD - 42ND PSALM / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON / IDA HOUSTON NELSON / LAURA NELSON KIRKWOOD [PHOTO]
Category:	Landscape
Location:	west wall [ORG]
Cost:	$11000 [ORG]
Comment:	This was a replacement for and exact duplicate of the Nelson window (ITEM:26.2.2.3), destroyed in the fire of 1929 [KCS1929, KCS1930A, PHOTO, ORG]

Item 26.2.2.5

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Van Valkenburgh Memorial Window: My Jewels Window

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Van Valkenburgh Memorial Window
Description:	My Jewels Window [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Louis C. Tiffany, N.Y. [DT2014, PHOTO]
Other documentation:	[KCS1935]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Grace Elizabeth Ingold Van Valkenburgh (17 Apr 1869 - 21 Apr 1933) [INSCRIPTION, KCS1935, WIKI]
Donor:	her husband, Judge Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh [KCS1935, WIKI]
Date:	Installed Jan 1935 [ORG]
	Dedicated 3 Feb 1935 [KCS1935]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, KCS1935]
Inscription:	THEY SHALL BE MINE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. / IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS. MALACHI 3.17 // YE SHALL RECEIVE A CROWN OF GLORY. // TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / GRACE VAN VELKENBURGH / APRIL 17 1869 APRIL 21 1933 [PHOTO, KCS1935]
Category:	Righteous Shall Receive a Crown of Glory
Location:	middle of south wall of nave [ORG]

References

CHU1909:	The Churchman (20 Feb 1909, p. 274)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DT2014:	Donald Traser, personal communication (28 Jun 2014)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
JG1929:	Joplin Globe (27 Mar 1929, p. 5)
KCJ1897:	The Kansas City Journal (7 Jun 1897, p. 1)
KCS1926A:	The Kansas City Star (4 Dec 1926, p. 5)
KCS1926B:	The Kansas City Star (5 Dec 1926, p. 4C, Part 1 p. 3)
KCS1929:	The Kansas City Star (27 Mar 1929, p. 3)
KCS1930A:	The Kansas City Star (25 Jan 1930, p. 1)
KCS1930B:	The Kansas City Star (8 Feb 1930, p. 5)
KCS1935:	The Kansas City Star (31 Jan 1935, p. 5)
KCT1926:	The Kansas City Times (6 Dec 1926, p. 5)
KCT1929:	The Kansas City Times (27 Mar 1929, p. 1, 3)
KCT1930:	The Kansas City Times (10 Feb 1930, p. 13)
ORG:	Organization
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