Tiffany Census

First Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey

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:	30.12.1
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	42 Broad Street
Location:	Elizabeth, New Jersey 07201, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.66266, -74.21549
Tiffany 1910:	Page 81
Duncan 1980:	Page 217
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Duncan 1980 lists two extra windows, the Thomas Memorial and the Levey Memorial, which are in St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, NJ (SITE:30.12.2) [DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Destroyed
Building date:	1947 [NRHP1977]
Architect:
Comment:	Previous building destroyed by fire in 1946 [ORG]
Also of interest:	1905 Kempshall Memorial Window, "Joshua", designed by Charles Mente [NYO1905]

Site Items

30.12.1.1:	Langdon Memorial Window: Ascension (1905) (Destroyed)
30.12.1.2:	Miller Memorial Window: The Sower (1902) (Destroyed)

Item 30.12.1.1

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

Status:	Destroyed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Langdon Memorial Window (Dunlap Memorial Window)
Theme:	Ascension [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 81
Duncan 1980:	Page 217
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[EDJ1905]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Charles Huntington Langdon (21 Oct 1819 - 24 May 1903) and Mary Butler Taylor Langdon (6 Oct 1828 - 9 May 1902) [EDJ1905]
Donor:
Date:	Alluded to in sermon of 28 May 1905 [EDJ1905]
Inscription:	on brass tablet on window ledge: In Beloved Memory of / CHARLES HUNTINGTON LANGDON / October 21, 1819. May 24, 1903. / And His Wife, / MARY BUTLER TAYLOR / October 6, 1828. May 9, 1902. [EDJ1905]
Category:	Ascension
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Dunlap Memorial Window for unknown reason [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

Item 30.12.1.2

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

Status:	Destroyed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Miller Memorial Window
Theme:	The Sower [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 81
Duncan 1980:	Page 217
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYT1902, EDJ1902, PB1902]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Martha Fannie Cowlishaw Miller (16 Jun 1832 - 13 Nov 1884) [NEN1902, PB1902, FINDAGRAVE]
	and possibly also a son [NEN1902]
Donor:	her husband, Lebbeus Baldwin Miller [NEN1902, PB1902, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Unveiled Easter Sunday, 30 Mar 1902 [NYT1902, EDJ1902]
Inscription:	Behold a sower went forth to sow [EDJ1902]
Category:	Parable of the Sower
Cost:	$2000 [NEN1902]

References

DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EDJ1902:	Elizabeth Daily Journal (31 Mar 1902, p. 1)
EDJ1905:	Elizabeth Daily Journal (27 May 1905, p. 4)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
NEN1902:	Newark Evening News (9 Apr 1902, p. 5)
NRHP1977:	National Register of Historic Places, Rev. Raymond L. Wallace (1977)
NYO1905:	The New York Observer (11 May 1905, p. 596)
NYT1902:	New York Times (15 Mar 1902, p. 10)
ORG:	Organization
PB1902:	The Presbyterian Banner (5 Jun 1902, p. 1818)
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)