Tiffany Census

St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Birdsboro, 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:	33.9.1
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	Corner of N. Mill Street and Church Street
Location:	Birdsboro, Pennsylvania 19508, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.26507, -75.80689
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Page 219
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Duncan 1980 lists the site but without listing any items [DUNC1980]
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1853 [NRHP1981]; 1885 [NRHP1981]
Architect:	George Brooke [NRHP1981]; Furness and Evans [NRHP1981]
Comment:	The congregation vacated the site in 2002 [WIKI]
Also of interest:

Site Items

33.9.1.1:

Brooke Memorial Window: angel and two women (1887) (Removed)

Item 33.9.1.1

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Brooke Memorial Window: angel and two women

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

Status:	Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Brooke Memorial Window
Description:	angel and two women [HIST1951]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	signed [ORG_NEW]
Other documentation:
Designer:	attributed to Jacob Adolphus Holzer [ORG_NEW]
Memorial details:	Edward Brooke (28 Feb 1816 - 25 Dec 1878) [HIST1951, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his wife, Annie Moore Clymer Brooke (later McKim) [HIST1951, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed Sep 1887 [HIST1951]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	JESUS / CHRIST / THE SAME / YESTERDAY / TODAY / AND / FOREVER // PEACE / ON / EARTH / GOODWILL / TO / MEN // To the Praise and Honor of God and in Memory of my husband, Edward Brooke, who died on Christmas Day, 1878 [PHOTO, HIST1951]
Location:	over altar [HIST1951, PHOTO]
History:	Window was originally placed in the transept but moved to the chancel in 1892 [HIST1951]
	Window removed from the building Jan 2003 [WIKI]
	Purchased by the Smith Museum, Chicago, in ca. 2004 [ORG_NEW]

References

DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1951:	The History of St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas (1951)
NRHP1981:	National Register of Historic Places (1981)
ORG_NEW:	Organization that is new owner
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)
WIKI:	Wikipedia