| Site Id: | 33.57.3 |
| Rating: | 3 stars |
| Other name(s): | First Presbyterian Church; Westminster Presbyterian Church |
| Address: | 550 Madison Avenue |
| Location: | Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510, USA |
| Lat/Lng: | 41.41001, -75.65483 |
| Tiffany 1910: | Page 107 |
| Duncan 1980: | Page 222 |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1893: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: | Not listed |
| Completeness: | High |
| Building status: | Extant |
| Building date: | 1904 [ST1904, STIME1904, SR1904] |
| Architect: | L.C. Holden and R.W. Snyder [ST1904, STIME1904, SR1904] |
| Also of interest: | 1904 Pentecost mosaic designed by Frances White and made by Walter Janes [ST1904, STIME1904, SR1904, ARCH1905, AIA1905, PAC1907] |
| 1906 Storrs Memorial Window, "Christ and the Woman at the Well of Samaria", by John La Farge [SR1906, ST1906] | |
| 1917 bronze Bull Memorial Tablet by Tiffany Studios [WBR1917] | |
| 1929 Scranton Memorial medallion window by D'Ascenzo Studios [SR1929] | |
| 1938 Inglis Memorial Window, "Sermon on the Mount", by Willet [ORG] | |
| 1938 Platt Memorial Window, "Nativity", by Willet [ORG] | |
| 1938 Schautz Memorial Window, "Boy Jesus in the Temple", by Willet [ORG] | |
| Three 1960s windows by Baut Studios [ORG] | |
| See also: | Walter Janes and Frances White Census |
| 33.57.3.1: | Platt Memorial Window: Ascension (1904) (Extant) |
| 33.57.3.2: | Manness Memorial Window: Prayer of the Good Shepherd (1915) (Extant) |
| 33.57.3.3: | Fuller Memorial Window: Christ Blessing Little Children (1915) (Extant) |
| 33.57.3.4: | Dickson Memorial Window: The Good Samaritan (1915) (Extant) |
| 33.57.3.5: | Griffin Memorial Window: Christ Knocking at the Door (1927) (Extant) |
| 33.57.3.6: | Hunt Memorial Window: The Supper at Emmaus (1916) (Extant) |
| 33.57.3.7: | Fowler Memorial Window: Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem (1927) (Extant) |
| 33.57.3.8: | Jones Memorial Window: The Lord's Supper (1927) (Extant) |
| 33.57.3.9: | Hallstead Memorial Window: Resurrection (1911) (Extant) |
| 33.57.3.10: | Decker Memorial Font: baptismal font, marble inlaid with glass and mother-of-pearl (Extant) |
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| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Platt Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Ascension [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Page 106 |
| Duncan 1980: | Page 222 |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | |
| Other documentation: | [STIME1904] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Joseph Curtis Platt (17 Sep 1816 - 15 Nov 1887) and Catherine Serena Scranton Platt (1 Apr 1822 - 4 Jul 1887) [INSCRIPTION, ST1904, STIME1904, SR1904] |
| Donor: | their daughter, Emma Platt [ST1904, STIME1904, SR1904] |
| Date: | In place when building dedicated, 23 Oct 1904 [ST1904, STIME1904, SR1904] |
| Lancets: | 3 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: | In Loving Memory of // J. Curtis Platt / Born Sept. 17, 1816 - Died Nov. 15, 1887 // and his wife / Catherine Serena Scranton / Born April 1, 1822 - Died July 4, 1887 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Ascension |
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| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Manness Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Prayer of the Good Shepherd [SR1915A] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | not signed [ART2002] |
| Other documentation: | [SR1915A, SR1915B] |
| Designer: | probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
| Designer comment: | Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
| Memorial details: | William W. Manness (1816-1893) and Elvira C. Manness (1826-1893) [INSCRIPTION, SR1915A] |
| Donor: | |
| Date: | Dedicated 14 Mar 1915 [SR1915A] |
| Lancets: | 2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: | In Memory of / William W. Manness / 1816 1893 // and / Elvira C. Manness / 1826 1893 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Christ the Good Shepherd |
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| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Fuller Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Christ Blessing Little Children [SR1915A] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | Tiffany Studios, NY, 1915 [ART2002] |
| Other documentation: | [SR1915A, SR1915B] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Charles Fuller (1 Mar 1797 - 28 Nov 1881) and Maria S. Fuller (1799-1874) [INSCRIPTION, SR1915A, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: | |
| Date: | Signature 1915 [SIGNATURE] |
| Dedicated 14 Mar 1915 [SR1915A] | |
| Lancets: | 2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: | In Loving Memory of / Charles Fuller / 1797 1881 // and / Maria S. Fuller / 1799 - 1874 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Christ Blessing Children |
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| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Dickson Memorial Window |
| Theme: | The Good Samaritan [SR1915A, SR1915B] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | Tiffany Studios, NY, 1915 [ART2002] |
| Other documentation: | [SR1915A, SR1915B] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Alexander W. Dickson (1843-1912) [INSCRIPTION, SR1915A, SR1915B] |
| Donor: | |
| Date: | Signature 1915 [SIGNATURE] |
| Dedicated 14 Mar 1915 [SR1915A] | |
| Lancets: | 2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: | In / Loving Memory of // Alexander W. Dickson / 1843 1912 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Good Samaritan |
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| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Griffin Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Christ Knocking at the Door [STIME1927] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | Louis C. Tiffany N.Y. [PHOTO] |
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| Other documentation: | [STIME1927] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Sarah McWade Griffin (1 Jul 1834 - 14 Jan 1910) [INSCRIPTION, STIME1927, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: | Michael J. Martin [STIME1927] |
| Date: | Installed summer 1927 [STIME1927] |
| Lancets: | 2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: | In Loving Memory of // 1834 Sarah Griffin 1910 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Christ Knocking at the Door |
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| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Hunt Memorial Window |
| Theme: | The Supper at Emmaus [STIME1916] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | Tiffany Studios, New York [ART2002] |
| Other documentation: | [STIME1916] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Alexander Everett Hunt (1 Apr 1835 - 15 Sep 1914) and Frances E. Hunt (28 Aug 1837 - 9 Feb 1911) [INSCRIPTION, STIME1916, ART2002, FINDAGRAVE, NYT1914] |
| Donor: | their daughter, Frances E. Hunt [STIME1916] |
| Date: | Installed ca. May 1916 [STIME1916] |
| Lancets: | 2 [PHOTO, STIME1916] |
| Inscription: | In Loving Memory of / Alexander E. Hunt / 1835 - 1914 // and / Frances E. Hunt / 1837 - 1911 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Emmaus |
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| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Fowler Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem [STIME1927] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | |
| Other documentation: | [STIME1927] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | James W. Fowler (1835 or 1838 - 11 Nov 1903) [INSCRIPTION, STIME1927, SR1903] |
| and also Achsah Bethiah Dickinson Fowler (11 Jun 1837 - 24 Nov 1925) [INSCRIPTION, SR1925A] | |
| Donor: | wife / self, Achsah Bethiah Dickinson Fowler via bequest [SR1925B, DEDUCED] |
| Date: | Installed summer 1927 [STIME1927] |
| Lancets: | 3 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: | James W. Fowler / 1838 1903 // Achsah D. Fowler / June 11 1837 - Nov 24 1925 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Triumphal Entry |
| Comment: | Mr. Fowler's grave says he was born in 1835 [WEB] |
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| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Jones Memorial Window |
| Theme: | The Lord's Supper [STIME1927] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | |
| Other documentation: | [STIME1927] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Simon Jones (1821-1875) and Ellen Lazarus Jones (1818-1904) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Achsah Bethiah Dickinson Fowler (11 Jun 1837 - 24 Nov 1925) [STIME1927, SR1925A] | |
| Donor: | bequest of Achsah Bethiah Dickinson Fowler [SR1925B, DEDUCED] |
| Date: | Installed summer 1927 [STIME1927] |
| Lancets: | 3 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: | Simon Jones / 1821 - 1875 // Ellen Lazarus Jones / 1818 - 1904 [PHOTO] |
| Category: | Last Supper |
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| Status: | Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: | High |
| Memorial name: | Hallstead Memorial Window |
| Theme: | Resurrection [STIME1911, WBTL1911] |
| The Resurrection Angel [ORG] | |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | |
| Other documentation: | [STIME1911, WBTL1911] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Hallstead family [INSCRIPTION, ART2002] |
| William Finn Hallstead (22 Mar 1836 - 23 Feb 1908) [STIME1911, FINDAGRAVE] | |
| Donor: | Mary Elizabeth Harding (Mrs. William Finn) Hallstead [SR1911, STIME1911, WBTL1911, HIST1923, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: | Installed Apr 1911 [INSCRIPTION, HIST1923] |
| Dedicated Easter Sunday, 16 Apr 1911 [STIME1911, WBTL1911] | |
| Lancets: | 3 [PHOTO, STIME1911, WBTL1911] |
| Inscription: | THE HALLSTEAD MEMORIAL / ERECTED - EASTER 1911 [PHOTO, STIME1911, WBTL1911] |
| Category: | Angel of Resurrection |
| Status: | Extant [TGM2017] |
| Confidence: | Medium |
| Memorial name: | Decker Memorial Font |
| Description: | baptismal font, marble inlaid with glass and mother-of-pearl [TGM2017] |
| Tiffany 1910: | Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: | Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: | Not listed |
| Signature: | |
| Other documentation: | [TGM2017] |
| Designer: | |
| Memorial details: | Austin M. Decker (4 Nov 1832 - 27 Oct 1883) [HIST1923, TGM2017, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: | |
| Date: | ca. 1908 [TGM2017] |
| Inscription: |
| AIA1905: | Catalogue, Fifth Exhibition of the Brooklyn Chapter, American Institute of Architects (1905, p. xxv) |
| ARCH1905: | Catalogue of the Twentienth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1905, p. 39) |
| ART2002: | The Art of Stained Glass, Richard W. Rousseau (2002, p. 5-22) |
| DEDUCED: | Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: | Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: | Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HIST1923: | The First Presbyterian Church of Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1848-1923, William Jessup Hand (1923, p. 95) |
| INSCRIPTION: | Inscription on item |
| NYT1914: | New York Times (16 Sep 1914) |
| ORG: | Organization |
| PAC1907: | The Pittsburgh Architectural Club, Fourth Exhibition (1907, p. 41) |
| PHOTO: | Photo of item |
| SIGNATURE: | Signature on item |
| SR1903: | The Scranton Republican (12 Nov 1903, p. 4-5) |
| SR1904: | The Scranton Republican (24 Oct 1904, p. 7) |
| SR1906: | The Scranton Republican (24 Dec 1906, p. 5) |
| SR1911: | The Scranton Republican (31 Jul 1911, p. 2) |
| SR1915A: | The Scranton Republican (15 Mar 1915, p. 12) |
| SR1915B: | The Scranton Republican (20 Mar 1915, p. 4) |
| SR1925A: | The Scranton Republican (25 Nov 1925, p. 5) |
| SR1925B: | The Scranton Republican (12 Dec 1925, p. 2) |
| SR1929: | The Scranton Republican (7 Oct 1929, p. 3) |
| ST1904: | The Scranton Truth (22 Oct 1904, p. 5) |
| ST1906: | The Scranton Truth (24 Dec 1906, p. 11) |
| STIME1904: | Scranton Times (24 Oct 1904, p. 4) |
| STIME1911: | The Scranton Times (15 Apr 1911, p. 1) |
| STIME1916: | The Scranton Times (5 May 1916, p. 5) |
| STIME1927: | The Scranton Times (8 Sep 1927, p. 4) |
| TGM2017: | Tiffany's Glass Mosaics, Kelly A. Conway and Lindsy R. Parrott (mosaic list compiled by Morgan T. Albahary) (2017, p. 247) |
| 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) |
| WBR1917: | Wilkes-Barre Record (23 Jan 1917, p. 24) |
| WBTL1911: | Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (15 Apr 1911, p. 5) |
| WEB: | Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |