Tiffany Census

Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Columbus, 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:	32.8.1
Rating:	2 stars
Address:	760 East Broad Street
Location:	Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Lat/Lng:	39.96487, -82.98016
Tiffany 1910:	Page 91 and 92
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Page 54
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	chapel completed 1888 [TS2016]; sanctuary completed 1894 [CD1894B]; sanctuary expansion 1907-1908 [TS2016]
Architect:	Elah Terrell [TS2016]; Elah Terrell [TS2016]; Frank L. Packard [TS2016]
Restoration:	Conrad Schmitt Studios restored the windows, 2004-2005 [TS2018]
Also of interest:	1908 Timberman Memorial Window, "Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother", by Von Gerichten Art Glass Co. [TS2020]

Site Items

32.8.1.1:	Greene Memorial Window: The Resurrection (1894) (Extant)
32.8.1.2:	Sharp Memorial Window: Angel of Hope (1894) (Extant)
32.8.1.3:	Taylor Memorial Window: Angel of Victory (1894) (Extant)
32.8.1.4:	Nichols Memorial Window: St. John (1894) (Extant)
32.8.1.5:	ornamental windows (Unknown)
32.8.1.6:	Goodspeed Memorial Window: Christ Blessing Little Children (1908) (Extant)
32.8.1.7.a:	Prentiss Memorial Window: Purity and Innocence (1894) (Extant)
32.8.1.7.b:	Prentiss Memorial Window: Victory and Temperance (1894) (Extant)

Item 32.8.1.1

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Greene Memorial Window: The Resurrection

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Greene Memorial Window
Theme:	The Resurrection [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 91
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Page 54
Signature:	Tiffany Studios / New York [TS2013]
Other documentation:	[CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894, TIFF1893]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1893 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details:	Milbury Miller Greene (11 May 1830 - 26 Jun 1887) and Martha Kinsman Gould Greene (9 Apr 1932 - 29 Oct 1891) [INSCRIPTION, CD1893, CD1894A, CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Donor:	their son, David Greene [CD1893, CD1894B]
Date:	Ordered ca. Nov 1893 [CD1893]
	Installed by Oct 1894 [CD1894A, CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Size:	the rectangular panes each 12' high x 4' wide [TS2018]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, CD1894A]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / MILBURY M GREENE - MARTHA K GREENE [PHOTO]
Category:	Resurrection with Christ
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 spell the name as Green [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment:	The window was reduced in size in 1937 [TS2013]
	The form of the signature was not used until 1900 so presumably it was added at a later date, likely in 1937 when the window was altered [TS2013, DEDUCED]

Item 32.8.1.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Sharp Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of Hope [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 92
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Page 54
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Abram Sharp (28 Sep 1819 - 8 Mar 1893) and Harriet Rees Sharp (1832-1888) [INSCRIPTION, CD1894A, CPP1894, OSJ1894, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Donor:	at least their son, Edwin Rees Sharp [TS2013, WEB]
Date:	Installed by Oct 1894 [CD1894A, CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Size:	12' high x 4' wide [TS2018]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / 1819 ABRAM SHARP 1893 / 1832 HARRIET SHARP 1888 [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel of Hope

Item 32.8.1.3

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Taylor Memorial Window: Angel of Victory

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Taylor Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of Victory [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 92
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Page 54
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Designer:	probably Joseph Lauber [TIFF1893, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1893 credits Lauber as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details:	David Taylor (24 Jul 1801 - 29 Jul 1889) [INSCRIPTION, CD1894A, CPP1894, OSJ1894, FINDAGRAVE]
	and also Margaret Livingston Taylor (2 Nov 1809 - 12 Feb 1895) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	their son, Henry Clay Taylor [CD1893, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Ordered ca. Nov 1893 [CD1893]
	Installed by Oct 1894 [CD1894A, CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Size:	12' high x 4' wide [TS2018]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / DAVID TAYLOR / MARGARET LIVINGSTON TAYLOR [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel of Victory
Comment:	The inscription was evidently updated after Mrs. Taylor died [DEDUCED]

Item 32.8.1.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Nichols Memorial Window
Theme:	St. John [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 92
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Page 54
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Designer:	probably Edward Peck Sperry [TIFF1893, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1893 credits Sperry as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details:	John Merrill Nichols (1 Nov 1851 - 27 Jan 1894) [INSCRIPTION, CD1894A, CPP1894, OSJ1894, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Julia Adelaide Baldwin Nichols [TS2013, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed by Oct 1894 [CD1894A, CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Size:	12' high x 4' wide [TS2018]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORIAM / JOHN MERRILL NICHOLS / 1851-1894 [PHOTO]
Category:	St. John

Item 32.8.1.5

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 92
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Page 54
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Comment:	There are 1894 ornamental windows in the church (arcade, clerestory, lobby and tower), some or all of which might be by Tiffany [TS2014]
Same as item:	Possibly includes 32.8.1.7.a, 32.8.1.7.b

Item 32.8.1.6

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Goodspeed Memorial Window: Christ Blessing Little Children

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Goodspeed Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ Blessing Little Children [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 92
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[CD1908, NYT1908, NYEP1908, PB1908A, PB1908B, NYO1908A, NYO1908B]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [CD1908, PB1908B, NYO1908B]
Memorial details:	Wilbur Fisk Goodspeed (31 Jul 1836 - 4 Feb 1905) [INSCRIPTION, CD1908, PB1908B, NYO1908B, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his second wife, Harriet Howe Goodspeed [TS2013, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Exhibited Apr 1908 [NYT1908, NYEP1908, PB1908A]
	Installed by Oct 1908 [PB1908B, NYO1908A, NYO1908B, TS2016]
Size:	the rectangular panes in total 12' high x 20' wide [TS2018]
Lancets:	5 [PHOTO, CD1908, PB1908B, NYO1908B]
Inscription:	IN LOVING MEMORY OF // WILBUR FISK GOODSPEED // +++ 1836 - 1905 +++ [PHOTO, CD1908, PB1908B, NYO1908B]
Category:	Christ Blessing Children

Item 32.8.1.7.a

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Prentiss Memorial Window: Purity and Innocence

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Prentiss Memorial Window
Description:	Purity and Innocence [CD1894B]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Martha Greene Prentiss (15 Oct 1858 - 30 Dec 1888) [INSCRIPTION, CD1893, CD1894A, CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her brother, David Greene [CD1893, CD1894B]
Date:	Ordered ca. Nov 1893 [CD1893]
	Installed by Oct 1894 [CD1894A, CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Size:	12' high x 4' wide [TS2018]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / MARTHA GREENE PRENTISS [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel of Purity; Angel of Innocence
Comment:	The form of the signature was not used until 1900 so presumably it was added at a later date [DEDUCED]
Same as item:	Possibly part of 32.8.1.5

Item 32.8.1.7.b

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Prentiss Memorial Window: Victory and Temperance

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Prentiss Memorial Window
Description:	Victory and Temperance [CD1894B]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Martha Greene Prentiss (15 Oct 1858 - 30 Dec 1888) [INSCRIPTION, CD1893, CD1894A, CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her brother, David Greene [CD1893, CD1894B]
Date:	Ordered ca. Nov 1893 [CD1893]
	Installed by Oct 1894 [CD1894A, CD1894B, CPP1894, OSJ1894]
Size:	12' high x 4' wide [TS2018]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / MARTHA GREENE PRENTISS [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel of Victory; Angel of Temperance
Comment:	The form of the signature was not used until 1900 so presumably it was added at a later date [DEDUCED]
Same as item:	Possibly part of 32.8.1.5

References

CD1893:	Columbus Dispatch (1 Nov 1893, p. 6)
CD1894A:	Columbus Dispatch (8 Oct 1894, p. 6)
CD1894B:	Columbus Dispatch (13 Oct 1894, p. 12)
CD1908:	Columbus Dispatch (3 Oct 1908, Section 3, p. 9)
CPP1894:	Columbus Press-Post (8 Oct 1894, p. 8)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
NYEP1908:	New York Evening Post (18 Apr 1908, p. 8)
NYO1908A:	The New York Observer (23 Apr 1908, p. 540)
NYO1908B:	The New York Observer (15 Oct 1908, p. 491)
NYT1908:	New York Times (15 Apr 1908)
OSJ1894:	Ohio State Journal (8 Oct 1894, p. 4)
PB1908A:	Presbyterian Banner (16 Apr 1908, p. 1494)
PB1908B:	Presbyterian Banner (22 Oct 1908, p. 643)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
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)
TS2013:	Terry Sherburn, personal communication (8 Oct 2013)
TS2014:	Terry Sherburn, personal communication (8 Apr 2014)
TS2016:	Terry Sherburn, personal communication (21 Feb 2016)
TS2018:	Terry Sherburn, personal communication (9 Mar 2018, 9 Jul 2018)
TS2020:	Terry Sherburn, personal communication (22 Dec 2020)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information