Tiffany Census

Church of Christ Uniting, Kingston, 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:	33.38.2
Rating:	1 star
Other name(s):	First United Methodist Church
Address:	190 S. Sprague Avenue
Location:	Kingston, Pennsylvania 18704, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.26312, -75.8988
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1957-1958 [ORG]
Architect:
Comment:	Previous 1874 building for congregation destroyed by fire, 5 Feb 1957 [PG1957, WEB]
Also of interest:

Site Items

33.38.2.1:	Nesbitt Memorial Window: Christ Blessing the Children (1922) (Likely destroyed)
33.38.2.2:	Cobleigh Memorial Window: Christ the Healer (1925) (Extant)

Item 33.38.2.1

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

Status:	Likely destroyed [PG1957, DEDUCED]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Nesbitt Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ Blessing the Children [WBTL1922B, SR1922]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WBTL1922A, WBTL1922B, SR1922, SR1923]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Sarah Nesbitt (12 Sep 1872 - 6 Jan 1919) [WBTL1922A, WBTL1922B, SR1922]
Donor:	her son, Abram G. Nesbitt [WBTL1922A, WBTL1922B, SR1922]
	and also her son, Samuel Nesbitt [WBTL1922A, WBTL1922B]
Date:	Being designed, May 1922 [WBTL1922A]
	Unveiled 22 Oct 1922 but installed some months before that [WBTL1922B]
Inscription:	In memory of Sarah Nesbitt. Born September 12, 1872. Died January 6, 1919. [WBTL1922B, SR1922]
Category:	Christ Blessing Children
Cost:	$7550 [SR1923]

Item 33.38.2.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Cobleigh Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ the Healer [WBEN1925, SR1925]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WBEN1925, SR1925]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Bennett James Cobleigh (10 Jan 1863 - 22 Sep 1912) [WBEN1925, SR1925]
Donor:	his daughter, Nana Cobleigh (Mrs. Charles M.) O'Boyle [WBEN1925, SR1925, WEB]
Date:	Dedicated in original location 25 Dec 1925 [WBEN1925, SR1925]
	Re-dedicated in current location 30 Oct 1994 [WBTL1994]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, WBEN1925, SR1925]
Inscription:	In Memoriam / Bennett James Cobleigh / Born January 10, 1863 / Died September 22, 1912 [WBEN1925, SR1925]
Category:	Christ
Location:	apse [WBTL1994, PHOTO]
History:	Window originally located in the Presbyterian Church, Kingston, PA (SITE:33.38.1) [ORG]
	Window placed into storage ca. 1984 [WBTL1994]
	Window installed in current location in 1994 [WBTL1994]
Same as item:	33.38.1.7

References

DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
ORG:	Organization
PG1957:	Pittston Gazette (5 Feb 1957, p. 1)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SR1922:	The Scranton Republican (21 Oct 1922, p. 3)
SR1923:	The Scranton Republican (5 Apr 1923, p. 4)
SR1925:	The Scranton Republican (23 Dec 1925, p. 8)
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)
WBEN1925:	Wilkes-Barre Evening News (23 Dec 1925, p. 24)
WBTL1922A:	The Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (11 May 1922, p. 14)
WBTL1922B:	The Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (20 Oct 1922, p. 29)
WBTL1994:	The Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (30 Oct 1994, p. 1B)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information