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First Presbyterian Church, Lockport, New York

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Site Id: 3.68.1
Rating: 3 stars
Address: 21 Church Street
Location: Lockport, New York 14094, USA
Lat/Lng: 43.17093, -78.69544
Tiffany 1910: Page 27
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1855 [WEB]
Architect:
Also of interest: Post-war windows by Payne-Spiers Studio made using "Tiffany glass" [ORG]

Site Items

3.68.1.1.a: Wisner Memorial Window: Good Shepherd (1902) (Extant) item has a photo
3.68.1.1.b: Wisner Memorial Window: Angels of Sight (1902) (Extant) item has a photo
3.68.1.2.a: Adriance Memorial Window: Resurrection (1901) (Extant) item has a photo
3.68.1.2.b: Adriance Memorial Window: Angels (1901) (Extant)
3.68.1.3.a: Ferguson Memorial Window: King David (1901) (Extant) item has a photo
3.68.1.3.b: Ferguson Memorial Window: Angels (1901) (Extant)
3.68.1.4.a: Pomroy Memorial Window: I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life (Extant) item has a photo
3.68.1.4.b: Pomroy Memorial Window: Angels (Extant) item has a photo
3.68.1.5.a: Potter Memorial Window: Nicodemus Came to Him by Night (1911) (Extant) item has a photo
3.68.1.5.b: Potter Memorial Window: Angels (1911) (Extant) item has a photo
3.68.1.6: Gaskill Memorial Window: Come Unto Me (1923) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 3.68.1.1.a

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Wisner Memorial Window:  Good Shepherd
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Wisner Memorial Window (Arnold Memorial Window)
Theme: Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Page 27
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: TIFFANY STVDIOS [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation: [LUSJ1902]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. William C. Wisner, D.D., former pastor of the church (7 Dec 1808 - 14 Jul 1880) [INSCRIPTION, LUSJ1902, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: members of the congregation [LUSJ1902]
Date: Installed 23 Dec 1902, unveiled 28 Dec 1902 [LUSJ1902]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / REVEREND WILLIAM C. WISNER, D.D. / FOR THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS OVR VNDER SHEPHERD / PASTOR 1842-1880 BORN, 1808 DIED 1880. [PHOTO, LUSJ1902]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd
Cost: $1200 for the two parts [LUSJ1902]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Arnold Memorial Window so likely someone by that name organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

Item 3.68.1.1.b

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Wisner Memorial Window:  Angels of Sight
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Wisner Memorial Window (Arnold Memorial Window)
Theme: Angels of Sight [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 27
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [LUSJ1902]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. William C. Wisner, D.D., former pastor of the church (7 Dec 1808 - 14 Jul 1880) [INSCRIPTION, LUSJ1902, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: members of the congregation [LUSJ1902]
Date: Installed 23 Dec 1902, unveiled 28 Dec 1902 [LUSJ1902]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Angel
Cost: $1200 for the two parts [LUSJ1902]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Arnold Memorial Window so likely someone by that name organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

Item 3.68.1.2.a

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Adriance Memorial Window:  Resurrection
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Adriance Memorial Window (Ashley Memorial Window)
Theme: Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 27
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [LUSJ1901]
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1893, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1893 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details: Jennie Flagler Adriance (1830-1871) [LUSJ1901, LUSJ1950]
Donor: her daughters, Mrs. John B. (Eugenia Flagler Adriance) Arnold and Mrs. Eugene M. (Eliza Adriance) Ashley [LUSJ1901, LUSJ1950]
Date: Installed 1901 [ORG]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: 1830 // IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / JENNIE FLAGLER ADRIANCE // 1871 [PHOTO]
Category: Resurrection with Christ
Restoration: Restored by Thomas Venturella, 2009 [TV2015, WB2009]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Ashley Memorial Window because Mrs. Ashley was one of the donors and likely organized the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

Item 3.68.1.2.b

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Adriance Memorial Window (Ashley Memorial Window)
Theme: Angels [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [LUSJ1901]
Designer:
Memorial details: Jennie Flagler Adriance (1830-1871) [LUSJ1901, LUSJ1950]
Donor: her daughters, Mrs. John B. (Eugenia Flagler Adriance) Arnold and Mrs. Eugene M. (Eliza Adriance) Ashley [LUSJ1901, LUSJ1950]
Date: Installed 1901 [ORG]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Angel

Item 3.68.1.3.a

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Ferguson Memorial Window:  King David
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Ferguson Memorial Window
Theme: King David [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 27
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [LUSJ1901]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TV2015]
Memorial details: Stanley H. Ferguson (1870-1874) and Algie J. Ferguson (1876-1892) [LUSJ1901]
Donor: their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Ferguson [LUSJ1901]
Date: Installed Dec 1901 [LUSJ1901]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: SING PRAISES UNTO THE LORD [PHOTO, LUSJ1901]
brass tablet below: To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of Stanley H. Ferguson, 1870-1874, Algie J. Ferguson, 1876-1892 [LUSJ1901]
Category: David
Employees: Installed under the direction of Henry Wittich [LUSJ1901]

Item 3.68.1.3.b

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Ferguson Memorial Window
Theme: Angels [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Angels of Hope and Mercy [LUSJ1901]
Tiffany 1910: Page 27
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [LUSJ1901]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TV2015]
Memorial details: Stanley H. Ferguson (1870-1874) and Algie J. Ferguson (1876-1892) [LUSJ1901]
Donor: their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Ferguson [LUSJ1901]
Date: Installed Dec 1901 [LUSJ1901]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Angel of Hope; Angel of Mercy
Employees: Installed under the direction of Henry Wittich [LUSJ1901]

Item 3.68.1.4.a

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Pomroy Memorial Window:  I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Pomroy Memorial Window
Theme: I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 27
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [LUSJ1901]
Designer:
Memorial details: Hopkins Chillingsworth Pomroy (1825 - 25 Aug 1890) and Mary Curtis Pomroy (1830 - 15 Dec 1895) [INSCRIPTION, LUSJ1901, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: their daughter, Alice Pomeroy [LUSJ1901]
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HOPKINS CHILLINGSWORTH POMROY 1825-1890 / MARY CVRTIS POMROY 1830-1895 [PHOTO]
Category: Christ
Restoration: Restored by Thomas Venturella [TV2015]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Pomeroy [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

Item 3.68.1.4.b

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Pomroy Memorial Window:  Angels
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Pomroy Memorial Window
Theme: Angels [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [LUSJ1901]
Designer:
Memorial details: Hopkins Chillingsworth Pomroy (1825 - 25 Aug 1890) and Mary Curtis Pomroy (1830 - 15 Dec 1895) [INSCRIPTION, LUSJ1901, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: their daughter, Alice Pomeroy [LUSJ1901]
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Angel

Item 3.68.1.5.a

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Potter Memorial Window:  Nicodemus Came to Him by Night
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Potter Memorial Window
Theme: Nicodemus Came to Him by Night [ORG]
Christ Knocking at the Door [DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation: [LUSJ1926]
Designer:
Memorial details: Alvah Kimball Potter (31 Mar 1840 - 2 Mar 1910) [INSCRIPTION, LUSJ1926, DAM1910]
Donor: his wife, Ellen S. Fifield Potter [ORG, DAM1910]
Date: Installed ca. Nov 1911 [LUSJ1926]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: 1840 // IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ALVAH KIMBALL POTTER // 1910 [PHOTO]
Category: Christ and Nicodemus

Item 3.68.1.5.b

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Potter Memorial Window:  Angels
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Potter Memorial Window
Theme: Angels [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [LUSJ1926]
Designer:
Memorial details: Alvah Kimball Potter (31 Mar 1840 - 2 Mar 1910) [INSCRIPTION, LUSJ1926, DAM1910]
Donor: his wife, Ellen S. Fifield Potter [ORG, DAM1910]
Date: Installed ca. Nov 1911 [LUSJ1926]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Angel

Item 3.68.1.6

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Gaskill Memorial Window:  Come Unto Me
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Gaskill Memorial Window
Theme: Come Unto Me [ORG, INSCRIPTION, BE1923A, BE1923B]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Page 205
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: Louis C. Tiffany N.Y. [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation: [LUSJ1923, BE1923A, BE1923B]
Designer:
Memorial details: Harvey F. Gaskill (19 Jan 1845 - 1 Apr 1889) and Mary E. Gaskill (d. 11 May 1922) [INSCRIPTION, LUSJ1923, BE1923A, BE1923B, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: bequest of Mary E. Gaskill [LUSJ1923, BE1923A, BE1923B]
Date: Dedicated 22 Jul 1923 [LUSJ1923, BE1923A]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, BE1923B]
Inscription: COME UNTO ME / HARVEY F. GASKILL AND HIS WIFE MARY E. GASKILL / DIED 1 APRIL, 1889 / DIED MAY 11, 1922 [PHOTO, BE1923B]
Category: Christ
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Duncan 1980 spells the name as Gatskill [DUNC1980]

References

BE1923A: The Buffalo Enquirer (21 Jul 1923, p. 7)
BE1923B: The Buffalo Enquirer (23 Jul 1923, p. 5)
DAM1910: The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine (Oct 1909 - Jun 1910, Vol II, p. 252)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
LUSJ1901: Lockport Union-Sun and Journal (28 Dec 1901, p. 1)
LUSJ1902: Lockport Union-Sun and Journal (29 Dec 1902, p. 1)
LUSJ1923: Lockport Union-Sun and Journal (21 Jul 1923, p. 3)
LUSJ1926: Lockport Union-Sun and Journal (26 Nov 1926, p. 6)
LUSJ1950: Lockport Union-Sun and Journal (10 Nov 1950, p. 11)
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)
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)
TV2015: Venturella Studio website (19 Feb 2015)
WB2009: Wayne Boucher, visit to church (5 Aug 2009)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information

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