| Site Id: |
30.41.1 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Other name(s): |
Church of the Redeemer; Church of the Messiah |
| Address: |
375 Van Houten Street |
| Location: |
Paterson, New Jersey 07501, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
40.91823, -74.15949 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 86 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 218 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 52 |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Completeness: |
Medium |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1885-1886 [ORG] |
| Architect: |
J.C. Cady & Company [ORG] |
| Comment: |
Building was badly damaged by fire, 5 Jul 1928 [PMC1928, PDN1928, NYT1928, PMC1930B] |
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Church of the Redeemer merged with Second Presbyterian Church after the fire to become Church of the Messiah [PMC1930B] |
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In 1990, Church of the Messiah merged with Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and Central Presbyterian Church to become United Presbyterian Church of Paterson [ORG] |
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In ca. 1922, Mae Anderson Bell (Mrs. Edward) Van Ingen (d. 1952) had a design made by Tiffany Studios for a mosaic panel in the church in memory of her father, Edward Theodore Bell, which is illustrated in Tiffany 1922, but in the end a bronze tablet, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Bell, was made [TIFF1922, MET1967, PMC1922] |
| Also of interest: |
1911 Magie Memorial Florentine mosaic tablet, "St. Simeon and the Child Jesus in the Temple" [PMC1911] |
| Status: |
Likely destroyed [PMC1928, PDN1928, PMC1930B, DEDUCED] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Hornblower Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Christ the Great Teacher [PMC1918] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 86 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 218 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 52 |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
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| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Rev. William Henry Hornblower (21 Mar 1820 - 16 Jul 1883) [PMC1897, PMC1918, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
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| Date: |
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| Inscription: |
In affectionate remembrance of Rev. William Henry Hornblower, D.D., who died before the building of this church, so long and earnestly desired by him [PMC1897] |
| Category: |
Christ |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Hobart Memorial Window |
| Description: |
Christ with eight medallions each with two angel heads [PMC1930A] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[PMC1930A] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Vice President George Augustus Hobart (3 Jun 1844 - 21 Nov 1899) and Fannie (or Fanny) B. Hobart (d. Jun 1895) [PMC1930A, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
wife / mother, Esther Jane ("Jennie") Tuttle Hobart [PMC1930A, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Apr 1930 [PMC1930A] |
| Inscription: |
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| Category: |
Christ; Round Window |
| After design: |
The figure of Christ is after Leonardo da Vinci [PMC1930A] |
| Comment: |
The window replaced a similar 1900 window, by Church Glass and Decorating Company, which was destroyed in the fire of 1928 [NYO1900, PEN1900, NYO1906, AR1907, PMC1928, PDN1928, PMC1930B] |
| AR1907: |
The Architectural Record (Mar 1907, p. 165) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| MET1967: |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Tiffany Studios design for mosaic panel (1967, Accession Number 67.654.18) |
| NYO1900: |
The New York Observer (29 Mar 1900, p. 30) |
| NYO1906: |
The New York Observer (6 Sep 1906, p. 289, 296) |
| NYT1928: |
New York Times (6 Jul 1928) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PDN1928: |
Passaic Daily News (6 Jul 1928, p. 1) |
| PEN1900: |
Paterson Evening News (5 Mar 1900, p. 1) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| PMC1897: |
Paterson Morning Call (22 Feb 1897, p. 1) |
| PMC1911: |
Paterson Morning Call (9 Sep 1911, p. 9) |
| PMC1918: |
Paterson Morning Call (16 Mar 1918, p. 13) |
| PMC1922: |
Paterson Morning Call (27 Mar 1922, p. 1, 9) |
| PMC1928: |
Paterson Morning Call (6 Jul 1928, p. 1) |
| PMC1930A: |
Paterson Morning Call (5 Apr 1930, p. 3) |
| PMC1930B: |
Paterson Morning Call (1 Dec 1930, p. 3) |
| 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) |
| TIFF1922: |
Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios, (1922, second edition) |