First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, New York

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

Site Id:	3.23.1
Rating:	0 stars
Address:	25 Church Street
Location:	Cooperstown, New York 13326, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.6985, -74.92463
Tiffany 1910:	Page 21
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest:	1921 Tiffany Studios bronze tablet in memory of Rev. Charles K. McHarg [GD1921]

Site Items

3.23.1.1:	Phinney Memorial Window: The Victory of Faith (1896) (Extant)
3.23.1.2:	Beadle Memorial Window: Cross and Lilies (1896) (Extant)

Item 3.23.1.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Phinney Memorial Window
Theme:	The Victory of Faith [CFJ1895, CFJ1896B, RSM1896]
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 21
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CFJ1896B, COF1896B, RSM1896]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Elihu Phinney (20 Jun 1823 - 20 Sep 1892) [INSCRIPTION, CFJ1895, CFJ1896B, RSM1896, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Sarah Lispenard Stewart Phinney [CFJ1895, CFJ1896B, RSM1896, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Originally installed Aug 1895 [CFJ1895]
	Removed because family unhappy with it, re-installed Sep 1896 [CFJ1896B, COF1896B, RSM1896]
Inscription:	I / AM THE / RESURRECTION / AND THE LIFE / HE THAT / BELIEVETH IN ME / THOUGH HE / WERE DEAD / YET SHALL HE / LIVE / ST JOHN / XI-XXV // IN MEMORIAM / ELIHU PHINNEY / DIED SEPT 20, 1894 - AET 69 YEARS / AN ELDER IN THIS CHURCH / AND FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH [CFJ1895, CFJ1896B, PHOTO]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	right of pulpit [PHOTO]
Restoration:	Restored by Brennan Stained Glass Studio [BSGS2015]
Comment:	Window inscription incorrectly gives year of death of Phinney as 1894 instead of 1892 [INSCRIPTION, WEB]

Item 3.23.1.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Beadle Memorial Window
Theme:	Cross and Lilies [PHOTO]
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 21
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 15
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CFJ1896A, COF1896A]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Mary Ann Pennington (Mrs. Erastus Flavel) Beadle (26 Aug 1822 - 13 May 1889) [CFJ1896A, COF1896A, FINDAGRAVE, WEB, WIKI]
Donor:	her daughter, Sofia Beadle Raymond [CFJ1896A, COF1896A]
Date:	Installed Jun 1896 [CFJ1896A, COF1896A]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	left of pulpit [PHOTO]

References

BSGS2015:	Brennan Stained Glass Studio website (10 Jan 2015)
CFJ1895:	Cooperstown Freeman's Journal (5 Sep 1895, p. 3)
CFJ1896A:	Cooperstown Freeman's Journal (4 Jun 1896, p. 3)
CFJ1896B:	Cooperstown Freeman's Journal (24 Sep 1896, p. 3)
COF1896A:	Cooperstown Otsego Farmer (5 Jun 1896, p. 5)
COF1896B:	Cooperstown Otsego Farmer (25 Sep 1896, p. 5)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
GD1921:	The Glimmerglass Daily (9 Jul 1921, p. 1)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
PHOTO:	Photo of item
RSM1896:	Richfield Springs Mercury (1 Oct 1896, p. 1)
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)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information
WIKI:	Wikipedia