St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Islip, 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:	3.58.1
Rating:	2 stars
Address:	754 Montauk Highway
Location:	Islip, New York 11751, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.73013, -73.20629
Tiffany 1910:	Page 26
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Page 18
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Listed
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1880 [EAGLE1880]
Architect:	R.M. Hunt [EAGLE1880]
Also of interest:

Site Items

3.58.1.1:	Redmond Memorial Window: St. John (1896) (Extant)
3.58.1.2:	Johnson Memorial Window: Choir of Angels (1898) (Extant)
3.58.1.3:	Hyde Memorial Window: Recording Angel (1900) (Extant)
3.58.1.4:	Peters Memorial Window: Resurrection Lilies (1899) (Extant)
3.58.1.5:	St. Mark (1878) (Removed)
3.58.1.6:	St. Mark (1890) (Extant)
3.58.1.7:	trefoil (1880) (Extant)
3.58.1.8:	bullseye rondel windows (Partly extant)
3.58.1.9:	Christ with hands outstretched (1888) (Unknown)

Item 3.58.1.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Redmond Memorial Window
Theme:	St. John [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 26
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Page 18
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Roland Redmond (30 Aug 1845 - 4 Mar 1894) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1896, BRSU1896, SHC1896, HIST1928, YALE1894]
Donor:	South Side Sportsmen's Club [EAGLE1896, BRSU1896, SHC1896]
	his wife, Helen C. Redmond [HIST1928]
Date:	ca. 1896 [EAGLE1896, BRSU1896, SHC1896]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Peace / I leave with / you my peace / I give unto / you not as the / world giveth // give I / unto you Let / not your heart / be troubled / neither let / it be afraid // 1845 // In loving memory of / Roland Redmond // 1894 [PHOTO]
Category:	St. John
Cost:	$1800 [EAGLE1896, BRSU1896, SHC1896]
Comment:	The Mar 1896 articles say that the theme was supposed to be a Figure of Christ [EAGLE1896, BRSU1896]

Item 3.58.1.2

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Johnson Memorial Window: Choir of Angels

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Johnson Memorial Window (Carroll Memorial Window)
Theme:	Choir of Angels [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Angel's Praise [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 26
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	COPYRIGHT 1898 TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY NEW YORK [LI2008]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Bradish Johnson (22 Apr 1811 - 3 Nov 1892) and Louisa Anna Lawrence Johnson (15 Jun 1817 - 11 Mar 1870) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	their children [HIST1928]
Date:	1898 [SIGNATURE]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABORS // 1811 BRADISH JOHNSON 1892 IN MEMORIAM 1817 LOUISA A JOHNSON 1870 [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel; Music
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Carroll Memorial Window so likely the Johnsons' daughter, Lucy A. Johnson Carroll, organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, NYU1903, DEDUCED]

Item 3.58.1.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Hyde Memorial Window
Theme:	Recording Angel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Jesus and The Book of Life [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 26
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYO1900, SCN1900, NYT1900]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Henry Baldwin Hyde (15 Feb 1834 - 2 May 1899) [SCN1900, EAGLE1900, NYT1900, NYP1900, CHS1900, WIKI]
Donor:	his son, James Hazen Hyde [NYO1900, NYT1900, NYP1900, CHS1900]
	and also his son, Caleb Hyde [NYT1900, NYP1900, CHS1900]
Date:	Installed Apr 1900 [NYO1900]
	Installed Aug 1900 [SCN1900]
Size:	3' high x 5' wide [NYP1900, CHS1900]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	THE SPIRIT SHALL RETURN UNTO GOD WHO GAVE IT // IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR FATHER HENRY BALDWIN HYDE VESTRYMAN OF THIS CHURCH 1834-1899 [PHOTO, NYT1900, NYP1900, CHS1900]
Category:	Recording Angel
Location:	over the door on the north side of the church [SCN1900, NYT1900, CHS1900]
Cost:	$2500 [EAGLE1900]

Item 3.58.1.4

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Peters Memorial Window: Resurrection Lilies

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Peters Memorial Window
Theme:	Resurrection Lilies [ORG]
Description:	floral design [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 26
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY, NEW YORK [LI2008]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Samuel Twyford Peters (d. 10 Apr 1873, age 51) and Josephine Gemmel Peters (d. 28 Dec 1896, age 68) [HIST1928, NYH1873, NYT1896]
Donor:	his son, Samuel Twyford Peters [HIST1928]
Date:	1899 [FREE1998]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	none on window [PHOTO]
Category:	Floral
Restoration:	Restored by Jack Cushen after fire of Dec 1989 [FREE1998]
Comment:	Damaged by fire in Dec 1989 [FREE1998]

Item 3.58.1.5

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

Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Theme:	St. Mark [ART1914, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[ART1914, EAGLE1880]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	1878 [ART1914]
Inscription:
Category:	St. Mark
History:	Originally in earlier, 1847, building [FREE1998]
	Removed by Tiffany in 1890 and replaced with current window (ITEM:3.58.1.6) [ORG]
Comment:	Window later destroyed [MOBIA2012]

Item 3.58.1.6

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Theme:	St. Mark [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[ORG]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	1890 [ORG]
Lancets:	9 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	St. Mark; Ornamental
History:	Replaced 1878 version of window (ITEM:3.58.1.5) [ORG]
Comment:	Most of the window is ornamental [PHOTO]

Item 3.58.1.7

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	trefoil [EAGLE1880, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[EAGLE1880]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Louis C. Tiffany [ORG]
Date:	In place when building consecrated 22 Jun 1880 [EAGLE1880]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	above main entrance [DT2016]

Item 3.58.1.8

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

Status:	Partly extant [ORG, PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	bullseye rondel windows [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Location:	sacristy [DT2016]
History:	All but one sold off after fire of Dec 1989 to help pay for rebuilding [ORG]
Comment:	A pair sold for $22500 at auction 11 Dec 2012, Bonhams, New York, lot 2050 [BONH2012]

Item 3.58.1.9

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:
Theme:	Christ with hands outstretched [NYT1888]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYT1888]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	Exhibited Jun 1888 [NYT1888]
Inscription:

References

ART1914:	The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany (1914, p. 14)
BONH2012:	Bonhams, New York (11 Dec 2012, Auction 20081, Lot 2050)
BRSU1896:	Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (21 Mar 1896, p. 3)
CHS1900:	The Church Standard (3 Nov 1900, p. 12)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DT2016:	Donald Traser, personal communication (5 Oct 2016)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EAGLE1880:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (23 Jun 1880, p. 2)
EAGLE1896:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (20 Mar 1896, p. 5)
EAGLE1900:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (18 Aug 1900, p. 15)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
FREE1998:	The Freeholder, Artistry in Glass: The Undisputed Master, Our Oyster Bay Neighbor, Judith Ader Spinzia (Winter and Spring 1998, Part I, p. 3-5, Part II, p. 3, 24)
HIST1928:	Historical Sketch of St. Mark's, Islip, Long Island, William H. Garth (1928, p. 47-48)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LI2008:	Long Island: A Guide to New York's Suffolk and Nassau Counties, Raymond E. Spinzia, Judith A. Spinzia, Kathryn Spinzia Rayne (2008, p. 125-126)
MOBIA2012:	Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion (MOBIA), Patricia C. Pongracz (ed.) (2012, p. 89)
NYH1873:	New York Herald (13 Apr 1873)
NYO1900:	The New York Observer (19 Apr 1900, p. 516)
NYP1900:	New York Press (26 Sep 1900, p. 7)
NYT1888:	New York Times (7 Jun 1888, p. 8)
NYT1896:	New York Times (31 Dec 1896)
NYT1900:	New York Times (26 Sep 1900, p. 14)
NYU1903:	New York University: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics (1903, Vol. II, p. 354)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SCN1900:	The Suffolk County News (17 Aug 1900, p. 1)
SHC1896:	Sag Harbor Corrector (28 Mar 1896)
SIGNATURE:	Signature on 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)
WIKI:	Wikipedia
YALE1894:	Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University (1894, p. 242)