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Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, 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: 3.96.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 6436 Montgomery Street
Location: Rhinebeck, New York 12572, USA
Lat/Lng: 41.92901, -73.91225
Tiffany 1910: Page 31
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1897-1898 [ORG]
Architect: Hoppin & Koen [CHS1898]
Also of interest: 1898 Humbert Memorial Window, "Religion", by Lamb Studios [RG1898D, RG1898E, HR1898B, IA1898]
1898 windows by Heinigke and Bowen [RG1898B]
1910 Baker Memorial Window, by Lamb Studios [RG1910]
1913 John Jacob Astor Memorial Window, "Christ Walking on Water", by Gorham Company [NYT1913, NYS1913, RG1914]

Site Items

3.96.1.1: Astor Memorial Window: Ascension (1898) (Extant) item has a photo
3.96.1.2: Olmsted Memorial Window: Resurrection (1898) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 3.96.1.1

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Astor Memorial Window
Theme: Ascension [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 31
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: COPYRIGHT 1897 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY / 333 TO 341 FOVRTH AVENVE NEW YORK [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation: [NYJ1897, NYH1898, NYW1898, EAGLE1898, RG1898A, CHU1898A, CHU1898B, CHUR1898, CHS1898, NYO1898, HR1898A]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [NYJ1897, NYH1898, NYW1898, EAGLE1898, CHU1898B, CHS1898, NYO1898, HR1898A]
Memorial details: William Backhouse Astor (12 Jul 1829 - 25 Apr 1892) [NYH1898, NYW1898, EAGLE1898, CHU1898B, CHS1898, NYO1898, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his son, John Jacob Astor [NYJ1897, NYH1898, NYW1898, EAGLE1898, CHU1898B, CHS1898, NYO1898, HR1898A]
Date: Ordered by Sep 1897 [NYJ1897]
Copyright 1897 [SIGNATURE]
Exhibited Apr 1898 [NYH1898, NYW1898, EAGLE1898, RG1898A, CHU1898B, HR1898A]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO]
Inscription: Ye men of Galilee / why stand ye gazing up into heaven this same Jesus which is taken up from / you into heaven // shall so come in / like manner as ye have seen Him go into / heaven Acts 1 11 // Ad majorem Dei Gloriam et In Memoriam // Gulielmi Astor Qui Decessit MDCCCXCII Dixit *** LXII.M.IX.D.XIII // Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine Et lux perpetua luce [PHOTO, GKK2023, DEDUCED]
Category: Ascension
Location: chancel [NYJ1897, RG1898A]
Cost: about $5000 [RG1898A]

Item 3.96.1.2

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Olmsted Memorial Window (Saunders Memorial Window)
Theme: Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 31
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [RG1898A, RG1898C]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [RG1898C]
Memorial details: Rev. Dr. Aaron Franklin Olmsted (22 Aug 1818 - 6 Feb 1895) [INSCRIPTION, RG1898C, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date: Installed ca. Jul 1898 [RG1898C]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO]
Inscription: To the Glory of God and in memory of / Aaron F. Olmsted, D.D. / For twenty-nine years Rector of this Parish / Died February 6, 1895 [PHOTO]
Category: Resurrection with Christ
Location: west side of the tower [RG1898C]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Saunders Memorial Window, so likely Rev. Ernest C. Saunders, rector at the time, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany Company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG, DEDUCED]

References

CHS1898: The Church Standard (2 Apr 1898, p. 727)
CHU1898A: The Churchman (Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company advertisement) (9 Apr 1898, p. 524)
CHU1898B: The Churchman (23 Apr 1898, p. 631)
CHUR1898: The Church (Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company advertisement) (Apr 1898, p. 43)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EAGLE1898: Brooklyn Daily Eagle (10 Apr 1898, p. 9)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
GKK2023: Grace Kennings-Kwiatkowska, personal communication (6 Jun 2023)
HR1898A: Hudson Register (14 Apr 1898, p. 3)
HR1898B: Hudson Register (3 Oct 1898)
IA1898: Illustrated American (7 Oct 1898, p. 267)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
NYH1898: New York Herald (10 Apr 1898, fourth section, p. 5)
NYJ1897: New York Journal (4 Sep 1897, p. 11)
NYO1898: The New York Observer (5 May 1898, p. 603)
NYS1913: New York Sun (18 Dec 1913, p. 7)
NYT1913: New York Times (18 Dec 1913)
NYW1898: New York World (10 Apr 1898, p. 11)
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
RG1898A: Rhinebeck Gazette (16 Apr 1898, p. 3)
RG1898B: Rhinebeck Gazette (30 Apr 1898, p. 3)
RG1898C: Rhinebeck Gazette (30 Jul 1898, p. 3)
RG1898D: Rhinebeck Gazette (17 Sep 1898, p. 2)
RG1898E: Rhinebeck Gazette (24 Sep 1898, p. 2)
RG1910: Rhinebeck Gazette (17 Sep 1910, p. 1)
RG1914: Rhinebeck Gazette (3 Jan 1914, p. 3)
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)

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