Tiffany Census

Metropolitan Baptist Church, Philadelphia, 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:	33.51.15
Rating:	1 star
Other name(s):	Northminster Presbyterian Church
Address:	3500 Baring Street
Location:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Lat/Lng:	39.96099, -75.19296
Tiffany 1910:	Page 102
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Page 60
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1871-1875 [PRES1895]
Architect:	Thomas W. Richards [ORG]
Comment:	Metropolitan Baptist Church occupied the building from 1956 [ORG]
Also of interest:	Cochran Memorial Window, "The King's Daughter", by Frances ("Fanny") Derby Sweeny [CENS1992]
	1900 Ward Memorial Window, "Virgin and Child", by Frances ("Fanny") Derby Sweeny [CENS1992]

Site Items

33.51.15.1:	Fulton Memorial Window: Christ (1898) (Extant)
33.51.15.2:	Ogelsby Memorial Window: ornamental (Extant)
33.51.15.3:	Andrews Memorial Window: ornamental (1895) (Extant)
33.51.15.4:	Alexander Memorial Window: Shepherd and youth with reed instrument (Extant)

Item 33.51.15.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Fulton Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ [CENS1992]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 102
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	COPYRIGHT 1898 / TIFFANY GLASS DECORATING [CENS1992]
Other documentation:
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [CENS1992]
Memorial details:	Rev. Robert H. Fulton, D.D. (d. 12 Jul 1897, aged 54) [PI1898, PT1898, ANNIV1946, CENS1992, PT1897]
Donor:
Date:	Copyright 1898 [SIGNATURE]
	Unveiled 4 Dec 1898 [PI1898, PT1898]
Size:	12'2" high x 4'4" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Inscription:	THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE IN EVERLASTING REMEMBERANCE // "COME UNTO ME." [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Category:	Christ
Cost:	$1000 [CENS1992]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 by mistake combines the Fulton and the Ogelsby windows into one [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Census Id:	L1

Item 33.51.15.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Ogelsby Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 102
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Page 60
Signature:	none seen [CENS1992]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Phoebe Miller Ogelsby [ANNIV1946, CENS1992, WEB]
Donor:	her son, Washington Porter Oglesby [ANNIV1946, CENS1992, WEB]
Date:
Size:	12'2" high x 4'4" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Inscription:	none [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Category:	Ornamental
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 by mistake combines the Fulton and the Ogelsby windows into one [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
	Tiffany 1897 correctly identfies the Ogelsby window as being ornamental [TIFF1897]
Census Id:	L2

Item 33.51.15.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Andrews Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 102
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Page 60
Signature:	Tiffany Glass Decorating Company / New York 1895 [CENS1992]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Alexander James Andrews (9 May 1812 - 9 Nov 1887) and Amelia Dominick Van Amringe Andrews (30 Sep 1810 - 1873) [ANNIV1946, CENS1992, WEB]
Donor:	their children [ANNIV1946, CENS1992]
Date:	Signature 1895 [SIGNATURE]
Size:	12'2" high x 4'4" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Inscription:	none [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Category:	Ornamental
Census Id:	L3

Item 33.51.15.4

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Alexander Memorial Window: Shepherd and youth with reed instrument

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Alexander Memorial Window
Theme:	Shepherd and youth with reed instrument [CENS1992]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Louis C. Tiffany, N. Y. [CENS1992]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Size:	12' high x 4' wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Inscription:	"FEAR THOU NOT FOR I AM WITH THEE." / ISAIAH 41:10 // ALEXANDER / MEMORIAL [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Category:	Christ the Good Shepherd
Census Id:	F7

References

ANNIV1946:	One Hundredth Anniversary Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1846 - 1946 (1946)
CENS1992:	Census of Stained Glass Windows in America, Jean M. Farnsworth and D. D'Amico (30 Oct 1992)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
PI1898:	Philadelphia Inquirer (5 Dec 1898, p. 12)
PRES1895:	The Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia: A camera and pen sketch of each Presbyterian church and institution in the city, William P. White and William H. Scott (ed.) (1895, p. 85)
PT1897:	The Philadelphia Times (13 Jul 1897, p. 1)
PT1898:	The Philadelphia Times (5 Dec 1898, p. 6)
SIGNATURE:	Signature on 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