Tiffany Census

Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, 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:	3.99.2
Rating:	2 stars
Address:	4 Meigs Street
Location:	Rochester, New York 14607, USA
Lat/Lng:	43.15365, -77.59048
Tiffany 1910:	Page 31
Duncan 1980:	Page 206
Tiffany 1897:	Page 21
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1892-1893 [RDC1893, ORG]
Architect:
Also of interest:	Cogswell Memorial Window, "I Have Fought the Good Fight", by Maitland Armstrong [ORG, PHOTO]

Site Items

3.99.2.1:	Hollister Memorial Window: Angel of the Resurrection (1893) (Extant)
3.99.2.2:	Butts Memorial Window: St. Agnes (1894) (Extant)
3.99.2.3:	King Memorial Window: From Cross to Crown (1893) (Extant)
3.99.2.4:	Loomis Memorial Window: Angel of Victory (1910) (Extant)
3.99.2.5:	Oothout Memorial Window: Holy City (1903) (Extant)
3.99.2.6:	Stone Memorial Window: landscape (1928) (Extant)

Item 3.99.2.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Hollister Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of the Resurrection [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Angel with Laurel Wreath [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 31
Duncan 1980:	Page 206
Tiffany 1897:	Page 21
Other Tiffany documentation:	A 1927 Tiffany Studios letter lists the window [TIFF1927]
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Emmett H. Hollister (11 Jul 1829 - 30 May 1871), George A. Hollister (6 Nov 1800 - 28 Feb 1856) and Sarah Cooper Hollister (May 1804 - 1 Jun 1869) [RDC1893, INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE, HOLL1886]
Donor:	wife / daughter-in-law / daughter-in law, Sarah E. Granger Hollister [TIFF1927, ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	In place when building dedicated, 14 May 1893 [RDC1893]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	I AM THE / TRVE VINE // AND YE ARE / THE BRANCHES // George / A. Hollister / Born * / Died * // In Loving Memory Of / Emmett H. Hollister / Born July 11th 1829 / Died May 30th 1871 // Sarah / Cooper Hollister / Born * / Died * [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Angel of Resurrection

Item 3.99.2.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Butts Memorial Window (Oothout Memorial Window)
Theme:	St. Agnes [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, TIFF1927]
	John of Patmos with the Holy City [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 31
Duncan 1980:	Page 206
Tiffany 1897:	Page 21
Other Tiffany documentation:	A 1927 Tiffany Studios letter lists the window [TIFF1927]
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Mary Smyles Butts (d. 31 Dec 1878) [INSCRIPTION, ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her daughter, Elizabeth Butts (Mrs. John Webster) Oothout [TIFF1927, ORG]
Date:	1894 [TIFF1927, ORG]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORIAM / MARY SMILES BVTTS / DIED DECEMBER 31 1878 [PHOTO]
Category:	St. Agnes
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Oothout Memorial Window because Elizabeth Oothout was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment:	The inscription spells the middle name as Smiles but her grave says Smyles [PHOTO, FINDAGRAVE]

Item 3.99.2.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	King Memorial Window
Theme:	From Cross to Crown [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, TIFF1927]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 31
Duncan 1980:	Page 206
Tiffany 1897:	Page 21
Other Tiffany documentation:	A 1927 Tiffany Studios letter lists the window [TIFF1927]
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Antoinette Palmer King (d. 31 May 1891) [INSCRIPTION]
Donor:	her husband, Charles R. King [TIFF1927, ORG]
Date:	1893 [TIFF1927, ORG]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ANTOINETTE PALMER KING / DIED MAY 31 1891 [PHOTO]
Category:	St. Helen

Item 3.99.2.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Loomis Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of Victory [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, TIFF1927]
	Thine, O Lord, Is the Victory [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 31
Duncan 1980:	Page 206
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Other Tiffany documentation:	A 1927 Tiffany Studios letter lists the window [TIFF1927]
Signature:
Other documentation:	[RDC1910]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Horace Arthur Loomis (1874-1908) [INSCRIPTION, RDC1910]
Donor:	his wife, Emily Betts Lommis [RDC1910, TIFF1927, ORG]
Date:	Dedicated Easter Sunday, 27 Mar 1910 [RDC1910]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	THINE O LORD IS THE VICTORY / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HORACE ARTHVR LOOMIS / 1874 - 1908 [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel of Victory

Item 3.99.2.5

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Oothout Memorial Window
Theme:	Holy City [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, TIFF1927, ORG]
Description:	landscape [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 31
Duncan 1980:	Page 206
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Other Tiffany documentation:	A 1927 Tiffany Studios letter lists the window [TIFF1927]
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	John Webster Oothout (28 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1902) [INSCRIPTION]
Donor:	his wife, Elizabeth Butts Oothout [TIFF1927, ORG]
Date:	1903 [TIFF1927, ORG]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	JOHN WEBSTER OOTHOUT / BORN OCTOBER 28 1844 - DIED FEBRUARY 11 1902 [PHOTO]
Category:	Holy City; Landscape

Item 3.99.2.6

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Stone Memorial Window
Description:	landscape [DUNC1980, RDC1928]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Page 206
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Louis C. Tiffany NY [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Lauriston Livingston Stone (1833-1920) [INSCRIPTION, RDC1928]
Donor:
Date:	Dedicated 3 Jun 1928 [RDC1928]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	1833 LAURISTON LIVINGSTON STONE 1920 / A DEVOUT MEMBER OF THIS PARISH FOR THIRTY-ONE YEARS [PHOTO, RDC1928]
Category:	Landscape

References

DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HOLL1886:	The Hollister family of America, Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his Descendants, Lafayette Wallace Case (1886, p. 284-285)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
RDC1893:	Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (8 May 1893, p. 8)
RDC1910:	Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (28 Mar 1910, p. 12)
RDC1928:	Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (2 Jun 1928, p. 4)
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)
TIFF1927:	Letter from Tiffany Studios to Hattie Webber, Third (letter says First) Presbyterian Church (courtesy of Kurt Cook) (17 Dec 1927)