| Site Id: |
33.1.1 |
| Rating: |
2 stars |
| Address: |
971 Beech Avenue |
| Location: |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
40.45219, -80.01877 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 94 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 219 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 56 |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list the site under Allegheny, which is now a part of Pittsburgh [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1895 [PPO1895A, PPO1895B, PPO1895C, PPR1895] |
| Architect: |
Vrydagh and Wolfe [PPO1895B] |
| Also of interest: |
ca. 1908 Prentice Memorial Window, "Resurrection Angel", by Rudy Brothers [PHLF2012, DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Horne Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
The Ascension [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 94 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 219 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 56 |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[PPO1895A, PPO1895B, PPO1895C, PPR1895, ARCH1895] |
| Designer: |
Edward Peck Sperry [PPO1895B, ARCH1895] |
| Memorial details: |
Joseph Horne (11 Jan 1826 - 19 Oct 1892) [PPO1895A, PPO1895B, PPR1895, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
the trustees of the church [PPO1895B] |
| Date: |
Installed by May 1895 [PPO1895B] |
|
Dedicated 9 Jun 1895 (with building) [PPO1895A, PPO1895C, PPR1895] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO, PPO1895B] |
| Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM. HORNE. // THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED. PROV. X. 7. // THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE. PSA. CXII. 6. // I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH. JOB. XIX. 25. // PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS. PSA. CXVI. 15. // AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHILE HE BLESSED THEM, HE WAS PARTED FROM THEM CARRIED UP INTO HEAVEN. // AND WHILE THEY LOOKED STEADFASTLY TOWARD HEAVEN AS HE WENT UP, BEHOLD, TWO MEN STOOD BY THEM, IN WHITE APPAREL, WHICH ALSO SAID, YE MEN OF GALILEE. [PPO1895B, PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Ascension |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Shea Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
The Resurrection [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 94 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 219 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 56 |
| Other Tiffany documentation: |
Tiffany 1896 shows a design for the window (site not specified) [TIFF1896] |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[PPO1895A, PPO1895B, PPO1895C, PPR1895] |
| Designer: |
Edward Peck Sperry [PPO1895B, TIFF1896] |
| Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Sperry as the designer of the window (site not specified) [TIFF1896] |
| Memorial details: |
Elizabeth Shea (d. 24 Aug 1887) [PPO1895A, PPO1887] |
| Donor: |
her husband, Charles Bernard Shea [PPO1895B, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Design copyright 1894 [TIFF1896] |
|
Installed by May 1895 [PPO1895B] |
|
Dedicated 9 Jun 1895 (with building) [PPO1895A, PPO1895C, PPR1895] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO, PPO1895B] |
| Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM. SHEA. // I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO. // AND VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, THEY CAME UNTO THE SEPULCHER AT THE RISING OF THE SUN. // IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO THEY ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. // SO THEY RAN BOTH TOGETHER, AND THE OTHER DISCIPLE DID OUTRUN PETER, AND DID COME FIRST TO THE SEPULCHER. // BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HATH PART IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION, ON SUCH THE SECOND DEATH HAVE NO POWER. [PPO1895B, PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Resurrection with Christ |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Simpson Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
The Apocalypse [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
|
St. John's Vision on the Isle of Patmos [PCG1894, PPO1895A, PPR1895, ARCH1895] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 94 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 219 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 56 |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[PCG1894, PPO1895A, PPO1895B, PPO1895C, PPR1895, ARCH1895] |
| Designer: |
Edward Peck Sperry [PPO1895B, ARCH1895] |
| Memorial details: |
Bishop Matthew Simpson (21 Jun 1811 - 18 Jun 1884) [PPO1895A, PPO1895B, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his father-in-law, James Verner [PCG1894, PPO1895B, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Installed by May 1895 [PPO1895B] |
|
Dedicated 9 Jun 1895 (with building) [PPO1895A, PPO1895C, PPR1895] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO, PPO1895B] |
| Inscription: |
GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE. LO I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE EARTH. // IN MEMORIAM. SIMPSON. // IN THE BASE OF THE SIDE LIGHTS: BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD, YEA, SAITH THE SPIRIT, THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM. REV. XVI. 13. // HE BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH. HEB. XI. 4. // HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL I MAKE A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD, AND HE SHALL GO NO MORE OUT. REV. III. 12 [PPO1895B, PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Apocalypse; St. John |
| Cost: |
$3500 [DUNC1980] |
| ARCH1895: |
Catalogue of the Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1895, p. liii-liv) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| PCG1894: |
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette (20 Jul 1894, p. 8) |
| PHLF2012: |
Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, Glass Artists and Sites webpage, Albert M. Tannler (2012) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| PPO1887: |
The Pittsburgh Post (25 Aug 1887, p. 2) |
| PPO1895A: |
The Pittsburgh Post (29 Mar 1895, p. 6) |
| PPO1895B: |
The Pittsburgh Post (12 May 1895, p. 5) |
| PPO1895C: |
The Pittsburgh Post (27 May 1895, p. 3) |
| PPR1895: |
The Pittsburgh Press (6 Jun 1895, 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) |
| 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) |
