Tiffany Census

Central Presbyterian Church, 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:	33.16.2
Rating:	1 star
Address:	40 Lincoln Way West
Location:	Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201, USA
Lat/Lng:	39.93742, -77.66182
Tiffany 1910:	Page 95
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1869-1871 [CPO1938A]
Architect:
Comment:	Building was badly damaged by fire, 27 Oct 1938, and seven memorial windows were damaged or destroyed [CPO1938A, CPO1938B]
Restoration:	Payne-Spiers repaired the surviving windows after the 1938 fire for a cost of $2987 [ORG]
Also of interest:	1917 Lull and Gilmore Memorial Window by Jacob Adolphus Holzer [CFR1917]
	1936 Hoerner Memorial Window, "Annunciation to the Shepherds", by Miller Art Glass Studio [CPO1936]

Site Items

33.16.2.1:	Cree Memorial Window: Good Shepherd (1905) (Extant)
33.16.2.2:	ornamental windows (1905) (Partly extant)
33.16.2.3:	Sherrard Memorial Window: I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life (1906) (Extant)
33.16.2.4:	Cree Memorial Window: Boy Christ in the Temple (1915) (Extant)
33.16.2.5:	McLanahan Memorial Window: landscape (1914) (Likely destroyed)
33.16.2.6:	Austin Memorial Window: The Ascension (1906) (Extant)

Item 33.16.2.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Cree Memorial Window
Theme:	Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 95
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CVS1905C, CPO1905A, CPO1905B, CFR1905A, CFR1905B]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [CVS1905C, TIFF1896]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:	John Elliott Cree (16 Jul 1805 - 21 Feb 1890) and Jemima Kirby Cree (Nov 1800 - 23 Mar 1892) [INSCRIPTION, CVS1905C, CPO1905A, CPO1905B, CFR1905A, CFR1905B, FINDAGRAVE, CREE1914]
Donor:	their son, Thomas Kirby Cree [CPO1905B, CFR1905A, CFR1905B]
Date:	Installed end of Jun 1905 [CVS1905B, CVS1905C, CPO1905A]
	Unveiled 2 Jul 1905 [CVS1905C, CPO1905A]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, CVS1905C, CPO1905A, CFR1905A, CFR1905B]
Inscription:	THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD // I SHALL NOT WANT // IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN CREE / 1805 - 1890 // IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JEMIMA KIRBY CREE / 1800 - 1892 [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ the Good Shepherd
Cost:	$850 [ORG]

Item 33.16.2.2

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

Status:	Partly extant [ORG, PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 95
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CVS1905A, CPO1905B, CFR1905A, CFR1905B, HSI1905]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [CVS1905C]
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	Installed end of Jun 1905 [CVS1905B, CVS1905C]
	Unveiled 2 Jul 1905 [CVS1905C]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Comment:	There were originally 18 ornamental windows but some have been replaced [ORG, CVS1905C, CPO1905B, CFR1905A, CFR1905B, HSI1905]

Item 33.16.2.3

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Sherrard Memorial Window: I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life

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

Status:	Extant [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Sherrard Memorial Window
Theme:	I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 95
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[CVS1906A, CFR1906A, CFR1906B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Thomas Johnston Sherrard (25 Feb 1845 - 10 Jul 1905) [CVS1906A, CFR1906A, CFR1906B, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Mary Rachel Campbell Sherrard [CFR1906A, CFR1906B, ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Unveiled Easter Sunday, 15 Apr 1906 [CVS1906B, DEDUCED]
Inscription:
Category:	Christ

Item 33.16.2.4

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Cree Memorial Window: Boy Christ in the Temple

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Cree Memorial Window
Theme:	Boy Christ in the Temple [CPO1915A, CFR1915]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Tiffany Studios [DT2024]
Other documentation:	[CPO1915A, CPO1915B, CFR1915, CREE1915]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Thomas Kirby Cree (27 Aug 1836 - 3 Dec 1912) [INSCRIPTION, CPO1915A, CPO1915C, CFR1915, CONT1915, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date:	Dedicated Easter Sunday, 4 Apr 1915 [CPO1915B, CPO1915C, CONT1915]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, CPO1915A]
Inscription:	WIST YE NOT THAT I MUST BE / ABOUT MY FATHERS BUSINESS? // IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS KIRBY CREE / 1836 - 1912 // FOR MANY YEARS LEADER / IN THE WORLD WIDE WORK / OF THE Y.M.C.A. [PHOTO, CPO1915A, CFR1915]
Category:	Disputation in the Temple

Item 33.16.2.5

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

Status:	Likely destroyed [DEDUCED]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	McLanahan Memorial Window
Description:	landscape [CPO1914, CFR1914]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CPO1914, CFR1914, CONT1914]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rebekah A. Austin McLanahan (4 Aug 1846 - 6 Oct 1912) [CPO1914, CFR1914, CONT1914, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her husband, Dr. Thomas Johnston McLanahan [CPO1914, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed Mar 1914 [CPO1914, CFR1914]
Lancets:	2 [CPO1914]
Inscription:	In loving memory of Rebekah Austin McLanahan August 4, 1846 - October 6, 1912 // Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in Thee. [CPO1914, CFR1914]
Category:	Landscape

Item 33.16.2.6

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Austin Memorial Window
Theme:	The Ascension [CVS1906B]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Tiffany Studios New York [DT2024]
Other documentation:	[CVS1906A, CVS1906B, CFR1906A, CFR1906B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	James C. Austin (1825-1889) and Sarah E. Austin (1824-1895) [INSCRIPTION, CVS1906A, CVS1906B, CFR1906A, CFR1906B]
	and also their daughter, Rebekah A. Austin (Mrs. Johnston) McLanahan [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	Rebekah A. Austin (Mrs. Johnston) McLanahan [CVS1906A, CVS1906B, CFR1906A, CFR1906B, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Unveiled Easter Sunday, 15 Apr 1906 [CVS1906B]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, CVS1906B]
Inscription:	IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JAMES C AVSTIN AND SARAH E AUSTIN / 1825 - 1889 + + + + + 1824 - 1895 / AND THEIR DAUGHTER / REBEKAH AUSTIN MCLAUGHLIN 1845 - 1912 [PHOTO]
Category:	Ascension
Location:	front of church [CFR1906A, CFR1906B, CPO1938A, STREETVIEW]
Comment:	The inscription panel was evidently updated after Rebekah McLanahan died [DEDUCED]
	Window badly damaged in the 1938 fire [CPO1938A]

References

CFR1905A:	Chambersburg Franklin Repository (15 Jul 1905, p. 3)
CFR1905B:	Chambersburg Franklin Repository (19 Jul 1905, p. 1)
CFR1906A:	Chambersburg Franklin Repository (31 Mar 1906, p. 2)
CFR1906B:	Chambersburg Franklin Repository (4 Apr 1906, p. 2)
CFR1914:	Chambersburg Franklin Repository (18 Mar 1914, p. 8)
CFR1915:	Chambersburg Franklin Repository (27 Mar 1915, p. 4)
CFR1917:	Chambersburg Franklin Repository (7 Nov 1917, p. 5)
CONT1914:	The Continent (19 Mar 1914, p. 388)
CONT1915:	The Continent (29 Apr 1915, p. 550)
CPO1905A:	Chambersburg Public Opinion (3 Jul 1905, p. 1)
CPO1905B:	Chambersburg Public Opinion (via the church), Rev. A.F. Waldo (Jul 1905)
CPO1914:	Chambersburg Public Opinion (13 Mar 1914, p. 3)
CPO1915A:	Chambersburg Public Opinion (20 Mar 1915, p. 1)
CPO1915B:	Chambersburg Public Opinion (22 Mar 1915, p. 2)
CPO1915C:	Chambersburg Public Opinion (5 Apr 1915, p. 3)
CPO1936:	Chambersburg Public Opinion (22 May 1936, p. 1)
CPO1938A:	Chambersburg Public Opinion (27 Oct 1938, p. 1)
CPO1938B:	Chambersburg Public Opinion (28 Oct 1938, p. 1)
CREE1914:	Thomas Kirby Cree, a Memorial, John K. Cree and H.S. Ninde (ed.) (1914, p. 19, 22, 29, 30, 179)
CREE1915:	Letter from J.W. Cree, Jr., to Blake Harper (treasurer, Central Presbyterian Church) (courtesy of the church) (13 May 1915)
CVS1905A:	Chambersburg Valley Spirit (19 Apr 1905, p. 1)
CVS1905B:	Chambersburg Valley Spirit (28 Jun 1905, p. 8)
CVS1905C:	Chambersburg Valley Spirit (5 Jul 1905, p. 5)
CVS1906A:	Chambersburg Valley Spirit (4 Apr 1906, p. 8)
CVS1906B:	Chambersburg Valley Spirit (18 Apr 1906, p. 4)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DT2024:	Donald Traser, personal communication (13 Apr 2024)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HSI1905:	Harrisburg Star-Independent (18 Apr 1905, p. 4)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
STREETVIEW:	Google StreetView
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)