Tiffany Census

First Unitarian 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:	33.51.20
Rating:	1 star
Address:	2125 Chestnut Street
Location:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, USA
Lat/Lng:	39.95267, -75.17642
Tiffany 1910:	Page 103
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Page 61
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 lists the church twice [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:	Frank Furness [ORG]
Also of interest:	1891 rose window, "Isaiah", by John La Farge [CENS1992]
	1901 Evans Memorial Window, "Hope", by Church Glass and Decorating Company [CENS1992]

Site Items

33.51.20.1:	Bartol Memorial Window: Blessed are the Pure in Heart (1889) (Extant)
33.51.20.2:	Lewis Memorial Window: ornamental (1908) (Extant)

Item 33.51.20.1

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Bartol Memorial Window: Blessed are the Pure in Heart

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Bartol Memorial Window
Theme:	Blessed are the Pure in Heart [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 103
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Page 61
Signature:	none seen [CENS1992]
Other documentation:
Designer:	Will H. Low [TIFF1897]
Memorial details:	Barnabus Henry Bartol (31 Oct 1816 - 10 Feb 1888) [CONS1890, TIFF1897, CENS1992]
Donor:	his wife, Emma Jemina Welchman Bartol, and their children, Ellen Kemble Bartol Brazier, Henry Welchman Bartol, Emma Teresa ("Sita") Bartol Register and George Edward Bartol [CENS1992, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Made May 1889 [CENS1992]
Size:	about 16' in diameter [TIFF1897]
	11' high x 11' wide [CENS1992]
Inscription:	In / Memoriam // BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART / FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD [PHOTO, TIFF1897, CENS1992]
Category:	Blessed are the Pure in Heart; Round Window
Location:	chancel [CONS1890, PHOTO]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 (p. 78) quotes an extract from the Philadelphia Ledger and Transcript about the window which says in particular that Will H. Low was the designer [TIFF1897]
Comment:	There were some changes made to the window ca. Mar 1890 [CONS1890]
Census Id:	100

Item 33.51.20.2

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

Status:	Extant [CENS1992]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Lewis Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 103
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STUDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO, CENS1992]

Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Enoch Lewis (1 Dec 1821 - 15 Nov 1902) [INSCRIPTION, CENS1992]
Donor:	his son, Theodore Lewis [CENS1992]
Date:	Installed ca. May 1908 [CENS1992]
Size:	each pane 6'6" high x 3'11" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	2 [CENS1992]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / ENOCH LEWIS // DECEMBER 1ST 1821 / NOVEMBER 15TH 1902 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Category:	Ornamental
Census Id:	R3 and R5

References

CENS1992:	Census of Stained Glass Windows in America, Jean M. Farnsworth (11 Jan 1992)
CONS1890:	The Conservator (Mar 1890, p. 6)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
ORG:	Organization
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)