Tiffany Census

First Presbyterian Church, Elmira, 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:	3.31.4
Rating:	1 star
Address:	1054 West Clinton Street
Location:	Elmira, New York 14905, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.08661, -76.83642
Tiffany 1910:	Page 22
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

3.31.4.1:

Gillett Memorial Window: The Ascension (1897) (Extant)

Item 3.31.4.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Gillett Memorial Window
Theme:	The Ascension [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 22
Duncan 1980:	Page 204
Tiffany 1897:	Page 16
Other Tiffany documentation:	Tiffany 1896 shows a rough design for the window (site not specified) [TIFF1896]
Signature:
Other documentation:	[ET1897A, ET1897B]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:	Solomon L. Gillett [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ET1897B]
	or Gillet [ET1897A, ORG]
Donor:	his second wife, Kate M. Mandeville Gillet(t) [TIFF1897, ET1897A, ORG]
Date:	Installed May 1897 [ET1897A]
	Unveiled 13 Jun 1897 (along with re-decorated church) [ET1897B]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	none [PHOTO]
Category:	Ascension
Location:	chapel transept [ORG]
History:	Originally in previous site for congregation (SITE:3.31.2), moved here in around 1967 [ORG]
Restoration:	Restored 2019 by Associated Crafts Willet Hauser [ORG, ACWH2020]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	There is a rough design for the window shown in Tiffany 1896 [TIFF1896]
	There is an extract from a letter from Mrs. Gillett about the window in Tiffany 1897, p. 88 [TIFF1897]
Comment:	The outer two panes, and the top, of the window were removed when it was installed in the current building [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	3.31.2.1

References

ACWH2020:	Associated Crafts Willet Hauser Facebook page (3 Jan 2020)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
ET1897A:	Elmira Telegram (16 May 1897, p. 7)
ET1897B:	Elmira Telegram (13 Jun 1897, p. 8)
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)