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St. Paul's Episcopal 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: 3.99.5
Rating: 2 stars
Address: 25 Westminster Road
Location: Rochester, New York 14607, USA
Lat/Lng: 43.1515, -77.5821
Tiffany 1910: Page 32
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Page 21
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists four of the five windows under Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1897 [RDC1897]
Architect: Heins & La Farge [ROCH1994]
Also of interest: Windows by Charles J. Connick [WEB]
1904 Murano mosaic reredos [ORG]

Site Items

3.99.5.1: Woodbury Memorial Window: Faith, Hope and Charity (Extant)
3.99.5.2: Jones Memorial Window: Faithful Servant (Extant)
3.99.5.3: Jones Memorial Window: Good Samaritan (1898) (Extant)
3.99.5.4: Foote Memorial Window: Good Shepherd (1899) (Extant)
3.99.5.5: Bissell Memorial Window: St. Paul Preaching at Athens (1909) (Extant)

Item 3.99.5.1

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Woodbury Memorial Window
Theme: Faith, Hope and Charity [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 32
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Page 21
Signature: signed [ORG]
Other documentation: [CHUR1898]
Designer:
Memorial details: Edmund Frost Woodbury (11 Apr 1829 - 28 Jan 1892) [ORG, FINDAGRAVE, RDC1892A]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO]
Inscription: For / therein / is the righteousness of God revealed from / faith to faith // Follow after Charity / and desire spiritual gifts // Hope / maketh not / ashamed because the love of God is shed / abroad in our hearts // To the / Glory of God / and in loving memory / Edmund F Woodbury / For sixteen years / a vestryman / of this Church / Born 1829 Died 1892 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category: Faith; Hope; Charity
Location: east wall of east transept [HIST1927]

Item 3.99.5.2

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Jones Memorial Window (Carnahan Memorial Window)
Theme: Faithful Servant [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
The Parable of the Talents [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Page 32
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: signed [ORG]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Jonas S. Jones, M.D. (2 Oct 1837 - 4 Dec 1892) [INSCRIPTION, ORG, FINDAGRAVE, RDC1892B]
Donor: his wife, Sarah Antoinette Rand Jones [HIST1927, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In memory of Jonas Jones M D who died December 4 1892 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category: Parable of the Talents
Location: southeast wall of chantry altar [HIST1927]
Restoration: Restored 2002 by Godfrey Müller Studios [GM2012]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists the window under Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY, and calls it the Carhahan (which should probably be Carnahan) Memorial Window for reasons which are not clear [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Duncan 1980 also lists a Jones Memorial Window under St. Paul, without specifying a theme [DUNC1980]

Item 3.99.5.3

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Jones Memorial Window
Theme: Good Samaritan [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 32
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: signed [ORG]
Other documentation: [CHU1898]
Designer:
Memorial details: Sarah Antoinette Rand Jones (1843 - 4 Feb 1898) [ORG, FINDAGRAVE, RDC1898]
Donor: Charlotte Jones, Mary W. Davidson, Dr. E.W. Mulligan and George A. Carnahan [HIST1927]
Date: Installed ca. Apr 1898 [CHU1898, DEDUCED]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In memory of Sarah Antoinette Jones who died February 4 1898 [PHOTO]
Category: Good Samaritan
Location: southwest wall of chantry altar [HIST1927]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists the window under Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Duncan 1980 also lists a Jones Memorial Window under St. Paul, without specifying a theme [DUNC1980]

Item 3.99.5.4

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Foote Memorial Window (Gillis Memorial Window)
Theme: Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 32
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: COPYRIGHT 1894 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY / NEW YORK [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation: [CHU1899]
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Rev. Israel Foote, D.D. (1 Feb 1817 - 1 Jul 1898) [INSCRIPTION, CHU1899, ORG, WEB]
Donor:
Date: Copyright 1894 [SIGNATURE]
Unveiled ca. May 1899 [CHU1899]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In Memoriam / 1817 Rev. Israel Foote D.D. 1898 / For many years Rector of this Parish [PHOTO]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd
Location: west wall of chantry altar [HIST1927]
Restoration: Restored by Godfrey Müller Studios [GM2012]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists the window under Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY, and calls it the Gillis Memorial Window for reasons which are not clear [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Duncan 1980 in addition lists the window under the St. Paul entry [DUNC1980]

Item 3.99.5.5

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Bissell Memorial Window (Jones Memorial Window)
Theme: St. Paul Preaching at Athens [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 32
Duncan 1980: Page 206
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: signed [ORG]
Other documentation: [RDC1909, CHU1909]
Designer:
Memorial details: Charles Judd Bissell (1846-1907) [RDC1909, CHU1909, ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date: Installed ca. May 1909 [RDC1909, CHU1909]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO]
Inscription: Whom therefore ye // ignorantly worship him declare // I unto you Acts XVII 23 [PHOTO]
on bronze tablet beneath window: This window is erected in memory of Charles J. Bissell [RDC1909, CHU1909]
Category: St. Paul
Location: east wall of nave [HIST1927]
History: Moved to present location in 1923 or 1924 [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists the window under Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Duncan 1980 also lists the window under St. Paul, but as the Jones Memorial (probably just a mistake) [DUNC1980]
Duncan 1980 has a black and white photo of the window (p. 144) [DUNC1980]

References

CHU1898: The Churchman (Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company advertisement) (9 Apr 1898, p. 524)
CHU1899: The Churchman (3 Jun 1899, p. 810-811)
CHU1909: The Churchman (22 May 1909, p. 751)
CHUR1898: The Church (Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company advertisement) (Apr 1898, p. 43)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
GM2012: Godfrey Müller Studios website (12 May 2012)
HIST1927: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rochester, N.Y., A Brief History of the First One Hundred Years of Rochester's Second Episcopal Parish (27 May 1927, p. 39)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
RDC1892A: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (29 Jan 1892, p. 10)
RDC1892B: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (5 Dec 1892, p. 9)
RDC1897: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (5 Jun 1897, p. 12)
RDC1898: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (6 Feb 1898, p. 13)
RDC1909: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (11 May 1909, p. 12)
ROCH1994: 200 Years of Rochester Architecture and Gardens, Richard O. Reisem (1994, p. 81)
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)
TIFF1896: Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)
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)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information

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