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Tiffany Census

First Unitarian Church, Cleveland, Ohio

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: 32.5.5
Rating: Nothing
Other name(s): Church of the Unity; Humanist Fellowship of Liberation Church
Address: 8143 Euclid Avenue
Location: Cleveland, Ohio 44103, USA
Lat/Lng: 41.50392, -81.63104
Tiffany 1910: Page 90
Duncan 1980: Page 218
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Duncan 1980 says "4 windows sold, 4 stolen" [DUNC1980]
Completeness: Low
Building status: No more
Building date: 1903-1904 [CPD1903, DED1904]
Architect:
Comment: First Unitarian vacated the building in 1952 [CPD1973]
Four Tiffany windows were stolen 11 Nov 1973 [CPD1973, NYT1973, BULL1976]
Frederick Wilson, for Tiffany Studios, designed a "Mayflower Compact" window in 1904 for the church, which was supposed to be over the entrance, but it was not made [NEAUC2014, CASS2022, DEDUCED]
Also of interest:

Site Items

32.5.5.1: Everitte Memorial Window: Angel of Resurrection (Removed if ever existed)
32.5.5.2: Southworth Memorial Window: Recording Angel (1906) (Removed) item has a photo
32.5.5.3: Wason Memorial Window: Angel of Victory (Removed if ever existed)
32.5.5.4: Lockwood Memorial Window: landscape (Removed) item has a photo

Item 32.5.5.1

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

Status: Removed if ever existed [DUNC1980]
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name: Everitte Memorial Window
Theme: Angel of Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 90
Duncan 1980: Page 218
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category: Angel of Resurrection

Item 32.5.5.2

You can click on the photo to get the full sized image.
Southworth Memorial Window:  Recording Angel
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CPD1973, BULL1976]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Southworth Memorial Window (Upson Memorial Window)
Theme: Recording Angel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 90
Duncan 1980: Page 218
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: signed [CPD1973]
Other documentation: [CPD1906]
Designer:
Memorial details: William Palmer Southworth (29 Mar 1819 - 13 Aug 1891) and Louisa Southworth (27 Mar 1831 - 18 May 1905) [CPD1906, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: their daughter, Mary Louisa Southworth (Mrs. Henry Swift) Upson [CPD1906, WEB]
Date: Installed Dec 1906 [CPD1906]
Inscription:
Category: Recording Angel
History: Stolen 11 Nov 1973 [CPD1973]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Upson Memorial Window because Mrs. Upson was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

Item 32.5.5.3

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

Status: Removed if ever existed [DUNC1980]
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name: Wason Memorial Window
Theme: Angel of Victory [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 90
Duncan 1980: Page 218
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category: Angel of Victory

Item 32.5.5.4

You can click on the photo to get the full sized image.
Lockwood Memorial Window:  landscape
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CPD1973, BULL1976]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Lockwood Memorial Window
Description: landscape [CPD1973, BULL1976]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: Louis C. Tiffany [CPD1973, BULL1976]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category: Landscape
History: Stolen 11 Nov 1973 [CPD1973]

References

BULL1976: Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art (1976)
CASS2022: JP Cass, private communication (29 Dec 2022)
CPD1903: Cleveland Plain Dealer (12 Oct 1903, p. 5)
CPD1906: Cleveland Plain Dealer (17 Dec 1906, p. 2)
CPD1973: Cleveland Plain Dealer (12 Nov 1973, p. 1, 6)
DED1904: Addresses at the Dedication of The Church of the Unity, Cleveland, Ohio (1904)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
NEAUC2014: Northeast Auctions, Spring Weekend Auction, 22-23 Mar 2014, lot 102, design drawing (Mar 2014)
NYT1973: New York Times (13 Nov 1973)
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)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information

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