Tiffany Census

St. John's Church, Getty Square, Yonkers, New York

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:	3.138.2
Rating:	1 star
Address:	1 Hudson Street
Location:	Yonkers, New York 10701, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.93364, -73.89862
Tiffany 1910:	Page 38
Duncan 1980:	Page 207
Tiffany 1897:	Page 25
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest:	1888 decoration of the church by the Tiffany company [CHU1888]

Site Items

3.138.2.1:

Christopher Memorial Window: The Blessed Virgin (1888) (Extant)

Item 3.138.2.1

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Christopher Memorial Window: The Blessed Virgin

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Christopher Memorial Window (Bowers Memorial Window)
Theme:	The Blessed Virgin [ORG]
Description:	allegorical design of the Resurrection [YS1888]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 38
Duncan 1980:	Page 207
Tiffany 1897:	Page 25
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Sarah Morton Bowers Christopher (26 Nov 1867 - 8 Jul 1879) [INSCRIPTION, YS1888]
Donor:	her father, Henry Bowers [INSCRIPTION, YS1888]
Date:	Installed ca. Jan 1888 [YS1888]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	SARAH MORTON WIFE OF JOHN G CHRISTOPHER / AND DAVGHTER OF HENRY BOWERS / DIED JVLY 8 1879 AGED 21 YEARS 7 MTHS AND 12 DAYS / ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY BY HER FATHER [PHOTO, YS1888]
Category:	Resurrection without Christ; Mary
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Bowers Memorial Window because Henry Bowers was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

References

CHU1888:	The Churchman (24 Nov 1888, p. 638)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
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)
YS1888:	The Yonkers Statesman (28 Jan 1888, p. 1)