Tiffany Census

Cornell University, Sage Chapel, Ithaca, 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:	3.59.1
Rating:	1 star
Address:	Tower Road
Location:	Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.4472, -76.48451
Tiffany 1910:	Page 26
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Page 18
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1875 [WIKI]
Architect:	Charles Babcock [WIKI]
Also of interest:	1900 apse mosaic, by J. & R. Lamb [IDJ1900]
	1902 Tyler Memorial Window, "History", by J. & R. Lamb [IDJ1902]
	1942 Fernow Memorial Window, landscape, by Jessie Van Brunt [PROC1942, IJ1942, FOR1943, FOR1950]
See also:	Jessie Van Brunt Census

Site Items

3.59.1.1:	Tarr Memorial Window: landscape (1913) (Extant)
3.59.1.2:	Strong Memorial Window: ornamental (Unknown)

Item 3.59.1.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Tarr Memorial Window
Description:	landscape [CDS1913A, CDS1913B, IDN1913, IJ1913A, IJ1913B, SCI1913, PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[CDS1913A, CDS1913B, IDN1913, IJ1913A, SCI1913]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Ralph Stockman Tarr (15 Jan 1864 - 21 Mar 1912) [CDS1913A, CDS1913B, IDN1913, IJ1913A, IJ1913B, NYS1913, SCI1913, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Kate Story Tarr [CDS1913A, CDS1913B, IDN1913, IJ1913A, IJ1913B, SCI1913]
Date:	Installed 20 Mar 1913 [IJ1913A]
	Dedicated 23 Mar 1913 [CDS1913A, CDS1913B, IDN1913, IJ1913A, IJ1913B, SCI1913]
	Unveiled 29 Mar 1913 [NYS1913]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	In Memory of / Ralph S Tarr / January 15 1864 - March 21 1912 / Professor of Physical Geography / at Cornell University [PHOTO]
Category:	Landscape

Item 3.59.1.2

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Strong Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 26
Duncan 1980:	Page 205
Tiffany 1897:	Page 18
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Comment:	There is an 1893 mention of a window design in memory of a student, Clinton Eugene Strong, who drowned, but there is no evidence that this window was ever made, and if it did exist then it might have been located in his fraternity, Delta Chi, rather than Sage Chapel, although no such window is in the current fraternity house [ORG, SLOAN2024, BW2025, DEDUCED]

References

BW2025:	Betsy Wittenmyer, personal communication (30 Oct 2025)
CDS1913A:	Cornell Daily Sun (21 Mar 1913, p. 1)
CDS1913B:	Cornell Daily Sun (22 Mar 1913, p. 1)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
FOR1943:	The Forestry Window in Honor of Dr. Bernhard E. Fernow at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1943)
FOR1950:	Forestry at Cornell, Ralph Sheldon Hosmer (Dec 1950, p. 26)
IDJ1900:	Ithaca Daily Journal (22 Jun 1900, p. 6)
IDJ1902:	Ithaca Daily Journal (12 Jun 1902, p. 6)
IDN1913:	Ithaca Daily News (21 Mar 1913, p. 8)
IJ1913A:	Ithaca Journal (21 Mar 1913, p. 8)
IJ1913B:	Ithaca Journal (24 Mar 1913, p. 8)
IJ1942:	Ithaca Journal (26 Oct 1942, p. 5)
NYS1913:	New York Sun (30 Mar 1913, Eighth Section, p. 10)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
PROC1942:	Proceedings of the Boards of Trustees of Cornell University, Joint Meeting of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds and the Architectural Advisory Council (28 Mar 1942, p. 4055-4056)
SCI1913:	Science (18 Apr 1913, p. 595)
SLOAN2024:	Julie Sloan, personal communication (28 Aug 2024)
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