| Site Id: |
3.33.2 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Other name(s): |
Russell Sage Memorial Church |
| Address: |
896 Central Avenue |
| Location: |
Queens, New York City, New York 11691, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
40.60968, -73.74691 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 22 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 lists the site under Far Rockaway, which is part of Queens [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1908-1910 [EAGLE1908A, EAGLE1908B, NYT1908] |
| Architect: |
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson [EAGLE1908A, EAGLE1908B, NYT1908] |
| Also of interest: |
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| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Sage Memorial Window |
| Description: |
landscape [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 22 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 204 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Other Tiffany documentation: |
Tiffany 1913 and Tiffany 1922 have a photo of the window [TIFF1913, TIFF1922] |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[NYT1909, NYH1909, NYO1909, NYEP1909, EAGLE1909, EAGLE1910A, EAGLE1910B, BT1910, BDS1910A, BDS1910B, NYO1910, NYTR1910, PB1910] |
| Designer: |
Louis Comfort Tiffany [EAGLE1910A, BT1910, BDS1910B, NYO1910] |
| Memorial details: |
Russell Sage (4 Aug 1816 - 22 Jul 1906) [NYT1909, NYH1909, NYO1909, NYEP1909, EAGLE1909, EAGLE1910A, EAGLE1910B, BT1910, BDS1910A, BDS1910B, NYTR1910] |
| Donor: |
his second wife, Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage [TIFF1913, TIFF1922, NYT1909, NYO1909, NYEP1909, EAGLE1909, EAGLE1910A, EAGLE1910B, BT1910, BDS1910A, BDS1910B, NYTR1910, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Exhibited Oct / Nov 1909 [NYT1909, NYH1909, NYO1909, NYEP1909, EAGLE1909] |
|
Installed by Jan 1910 [BDS1910A] |
|
Dedicated (with building) on 11 May 1910 [EAGLE1910A, EAGLE1910B, BT1910, BDS1910B, NYO1910, NYTR1910, PB1910] |
| Size: |
25' high x 21' wide [EAGLE1910A, EAGLE1910B, BT1910, BDS1910B] |
| Lancets: |
7 [PHOTO, BT1910, NYO1910] |
| Inscription: |
below the window on bronze tablet: This Window is Erected / in Memory of / My beloved husband / Russell Sage / Margaret Olivia Sage / In the Year of our Lord 1909 [NYO1910] |
| Category: |
Landscape |
| Location: |
facing Central Avenue [BT1910] |
| Cost: |
$35000 [EAGLE1910A, EAGLE1910B, BDS1910A, BDS1910B] |
| Comment: |
The building was supposed to be dedicated in Jan 1910 but there was water damage from a storm [BDS1910A] |
| BDS1910A: |
Brooklyn Daily Star (12 Jan 1910, p. 2) |
| BDS1910B: |
Brooklyn Daily Star (26 Apr 1910, p. 3) |
| BT1910: |
The Brooklyn Times (26 Apr 1910, p. 9) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1908A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (15 Oct 1908, p. 5) |
| EAGLE1908B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (2 Dec 1908, p. 5) |
| EAGLE1909: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (10 Nov 1909, p. 9) |
| EAGLE1910A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (26 Apr 1910, p. 5) |
| EAGLE1910B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (11 May 1910, Picture and Sporting Sections, p. 1) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| NYEP1909: |
New York Evening Post (6 Nov 1909, p. 10) |
| NYH1909: |
New York Herald (30 Oct 1909, p. 12) |
| NYO1909: |
The New York Observer (4 Nov 1909, p. 601) |
| NYO1910: |
The New York Observer (19 May 1910, p. 618, 635-637) |
| NYT1908: |
New York Times (27 Oct 1908, p. 16) |
| NYT1909: |
New York Times (29 Oct 1909, p. 7) |
| NYTR1910: |
New York Daily Tribune (12 May 1910, p. 7) |
| PB1910: |
Presbyterian Banner (19 May 1910, p. 1643) |
| 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) |
| TIFF1913: |
Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios (1913) |
| TIFF1922: |
Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios, (1922, second edition) |
