Tiffany Census

Trinity Episcopal Church, Buffalo, 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:	3.16.3
Rating:	2 stars
Address:	371 Delaware Avenue
Location:	Buffalo, New York 14202, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.89468, -78.87499
Tiffany 1910:	Page 20
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1884-1886 [ORG]
Architect:	plans by Arthur Gilman reworked by Cyrus Porter [ORG]
Also of interest:	Five windows by John La Farge [CHU1887, ORG]

Site Items

3.16.3.1:	Phelps Memorial Window: St. Cecilia (1887) (Extant)
3.16.3.2:	Mixer Memorial Window: Christ Making the Blind to See (1887) (Extant)
3.16.3.3:	Memorial Window: The Annunciation (1887) (Extant)
3.16.3.4:	Sheppard Memorial Window: Christ and Matthew (1888) (Extant)
3.16.3.5:	McCredie Memorial Window: Gabriel and Raphael (1897) (Extant)

Item 3.16.3.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Phelps Memorial Window
Theme:	St. Cecilia [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 20
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYH1887, HIST1897]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Orson Phelps (17 Dec 1805 - 15 Mar 1870), an engineer who assisted with the Welland Canal and the Erie Canal Locks at Lockport, and Mary Louise Phelps (15 Jan 1849 - 10 Jun 1871) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1897, ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	wife / mother, Calista F. Phelps [BAH2011]
Date:	1887 [ORG]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Maria Louise Phelps / Died Jun 10 1871 // Orson Phelps / Died Mar 15 1870 [PHOTO]
Category:	St. Cecilia
After design:	ca. 1515 painting, the Ecstasy of St. Cecilia, by Raphael [PHOTO]

Item 3.16.3.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Mixer Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ Making the Blind to See [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 20
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYH1887, HIST1897]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Dr. Sylvester Mixer (27 Dec 1816 - 16 Sep 1883) and his daughters Mary Knowlton (Minnie) Mixer (27 Jun 1856 - 29 Dec 1876) (died in Ashtabula Bridge Disaster) and Annie Knowlton Mixer (16 Jan 1854 - 26 Feb 1854) [NYH1887, HIST1897, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Donor:	wife / mother, Mary Elizabeth Knowlton Mixer [ORG]
Date:	Installed ca. Jul 1887 [NYH1887]
	Unveiled 10 Jul 1887 [NYH1887]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	AND WITH THE MORN / THOSE ANGEL FACES SMILE // WHICH WE HAVE LOVED LONG / SINCE AND LOST AWHILE [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ

Item 3.16.3.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Memorial Window
Theme:	The Annunciation [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 20
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYH1887, HIST1897]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Lorinda Bates Dutton [HIST1897, WEB, FINDAGRAVE]
	and also her husband Edward H. Dutton [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	1887 [BAH2011]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	HAIL THOU THAT ARE HIGHLY FAVORED THE LORD IS WITH THEE / THE GIFT OF EDWARD AND LORINDA (?) BATES DUTTON [PHOTO]
Category:	Annunciation

Item 3.16.3.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Sheppard Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ and Matthew [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 20
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYH1887, HIST1897]
Designer:
Memorial details:	James Daniel Sheppard (16 Jan 1799 - 24 Oct 1881), "the father of music in Buffalo" [HIST1897, FINDAGRAVE, BAH2011]
Donor:
Date:	1888 [BAH2011]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	St. Matthew

Item 3.16.3.5

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	McCredie Memorial Window
Theme:	Gabriel and Raphael [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 20
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BCOMM1897, HIST1897]
Designer:	probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition for Raphael [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:	James McCredie (7 Nov 1818 - 21 May 1888), banker and vestry member, and his wife, Caroline McCredie (8 Feb 1819 - 29 Jan 1891) [INSCRIPTION, CHU1897, HIST1897, ORG]
Donor:	the church vestry [BCOMM1897, HIST1897]
Date:	Ordered 26 Jan 1897 [BCOMM1897]
	Placed in the church 1 September 1897 [HIST1897]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, BCOMM1897, CHU1897]
Inscription:	JAMES McCREDIE / BORN NOVEMBER 7 1816 / DIED MAY 21 1888 // CAROLINE M McCREDIE / BORN FEBRUARY 8 1819 / DIED JANUARY 29 1891 // BENEFACTORS // OF THIS PARISH [PHOTO]
Category:	Gabriel; Raphael
Cost:	$1000 [BCOMM1897]

References

BAH2011:	Buffalo Architecture and History website (6 Nov 2011)
BCOMM1897:	The Buffalo Commercial (27 Jan 1897, p. 11)
CHU1887:	The Churchman (5 Feb 1887, p. 162)
CHU1897:	The Churchman (2 Oct 1897, p. 420)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1897:	History of Trinity Church, Mary E. Mixer (ed.) (1897, p. 98, 126, 127)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
NYH1887:	New York Herald (7 Jul 1887, p. 4)
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)
TIFF1896:	Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)
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)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information