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Tiffany Census

Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

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: 33.16.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 221 N. Main Street
Location: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201, USA
Lat/Lng: 39.94077, -77.66111
Tiffany 1910: Page 95
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 57
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 lists this as the Presbyterian Church [TIFF1897]
Tiffany 1910 has two entries, the Presbyterian Church and the Falling Spring Church [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest: 1911 Harcourt and Newton Memorial Window, "The Resurrection", by Frank Ellsworth Weeder [CPO1911]

Site Items

33.16.1.1: Nixon Memorial Window: Angel of Faith (1896) (Extant) item has a photo
33.16.1.2: Crawford Memorial Window: Good Shepherd (1909) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 33.16.1.1

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Nixon Memorial Window:  Angel of Faith
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Nixon Memorial Window
Theme: Angel of Faith [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 95
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 57
Signature: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company [DT2024]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Jacob Sharpe Nixon (12 Sep 1827 - 12 Jan 1891) and Martha J. Gilmore Nixon (24 Apr 1831 - 26 Sep 1891) [INSCRIPTION, CVS1896, CPO1896, CFR1896, CDN1896, CPR1896, PCFS1984, WEB]
Donor: their children, Mary H. Nixon (Mrs. Hervey Winthrop) Beymer and Ellen Nixon (Mrs. Fred) Shumaker [CFR1896, CDN1896, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Date: Installed ca. Mar 1896 [CVS1896, CPO1896, CFR1896, CDN1896, CPR1896]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / J SHARPE NIXON / SEPT 12 1827 / JAN. 12 1891 // BLESSED ARE THE PVRE IN HEART / FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD. // IN MEMORY OF / MARTHA J NIXON / APR 24 1831 / SEPT 26 1891 [PHOTO, PCFS1984]
Category: Angel of Faith
Location: south side [CFR1896, CDN1896]

Item 33.16.1.2

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Crawford Memorial Window:  Good Shepherd
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Crawford Memorial Window
Theme: Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 95
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: Tiffany Studios New York [DT2024]
Other documentation: [CPO1907, CFR1907, HSI1907, CPO1909, CFR1909A, CFR1909B, HSI1909, NYO1909, PB1909]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. John Agnew Crawford, D.D. (1822 - 19 Sep 1907) [CPO1907, CFR1907, HSI1907, CVS1909, CPO1909, CFR1909A, CFR1909B, HSI1909, NYO1909, PB1909, PCFS1984, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: the church [CPO1909, CFR1909A]
Date: Permission granted for window Dec 1907 [CPO1907, CFR1907, HSI1907]
Window unveiled 24 Oct 1909 [CPO1909]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, CFR1909B]
Inscription: In loving memory of Rev. John Agnew Crawford, D.D., pastor of this church from 1867-1886. His leaf shall also not wither. Psalms 1:3 [CVS1909, CPO1909, CFR1909A, CFR1909B, HSI1909, NYO1909, PB1909, PCFS1984]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd
Location: northwest corner [CPO1907, CFR1907, CPO1909, CFR1909A]

References

CDN1896: Chambersburg Democratic News (13 Mar 1896, p. 3)
CFR1896: Chambersburg Franklin Repository (11 Mar 1896, p. 4)
CFR1907: Chambersburg Franklin Repository (30 Dec 1907, p. 3)
CFR1909A: Chambersburg Franklin Repository (22 Oct 1909, p. 1)
CFR1909B: Chambersburg Franklin Repository (5 Nov 1909, p. 5)
CPO1896: Chambersburg Public Opinion (13 Mar 1896, p. 5)
CPO1907: Chambersburg Public Opinion (31 Dec 1907, p. 1)
CPO1909: Chambersburg Public Opinion (25 Oct 1909, p. 1)
CPO1911: Chambersburg Public Opinion (3 May 1911, p. 6)
CPR1896: Chambersburg People's Register (13 Mar 1896, p. 5)
CVS1896: Chambersburg Valley Spirit (11 Mar 1896, p. 5)
CVS1909: Chambersburg Valley Spirit (27 Oct 1909, p. 5)
DT2024: Donald Traser, personal communication (5 Apr 2024)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HSI1907: Harrisburg Star-Independent (31 Dec 1907, p. 2)
HSI1909: Harrisburg Star-Independent (30 Oct 1909, p. 2)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
NYO1909: The New York Observer (9 Dec 1909, p. 764)
PB1909: The Presbyterian Banner (16 Dec 1909, p. 926-927)
PCFS1984: The Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring, church document (1984)
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)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information

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