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Tiffany Census

Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia

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: 41.9.4
Rating: Nothing
Address: 1224 E. Broad Street
Location: Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA
Lat/Lng: 37.53892, -77.42983
Tiffany 1910: Page 115
Duncan 1980: Page 223
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1812-1814 [HABS1986]
Architect: Robert Mills [HABS1986]
Comment: The building was deconsecrated in 1965 [WIKI]
Also of interest: One 1898 and three 1901 windows by Lamb Studios (removed) [PHOTO, RD1898, RT1901, RD1901]

Site Items

41.9.4.1: Newton Memorial Window: Ascension (1899) (Removed) item has a photo

Item 41.9.4.1

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Newton Memorial Window:  Ascension
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG_NEW]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Newton Memorial Window
Theme: Ascension [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 115
Duncan 1980: Page 223
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [NL1899]
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Rt. Rev. John Brockenbrough Newton (7 Feb 1839 - 28 May 1897) [INSCRIPTION, AGVA1899, NL1899, NEWT1924]
Donor: his friends [NEWT1924]
the congregation [ORG_NEW]
Date: Unveiled Ascension Day, 11 May 1899 [AGVA1899, NL1899]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO]
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE / RIGHT REV JOHN BROCKENBROUGH NEWTON D D / BORN FEBRUARY 7 1839 - DIED MAY 28 1897 [PHOTO]
Category: Ascension
History: Moved to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA (SITE:41.9.1) in 1998 [ORG_NEW]
Same as item: 41.9.1.9

References

AGVA1899: Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser (12 May 1899, p. 2)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
HABS1986: Historic American Buildings Survey (1986)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
NEWT1924: John Brockenbrough Newton, a biographical sketch, Mary Newton Stanard (1924, p. 61)
NL1899: The Norfolk Landmark (11 May 1899, p. 1)
ORG_NEW: Organization that is new owner
PHOTO: Photo of item
RD1898: The Richmond Dispatch (2 Oct 1898, p. 14)
RD1901: The Richmond Dispatch (22 Sep 1901, p. 1)
RT1901: Richmond Times (2 Jul 1901, 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)
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)
WIKI: Wikipedia

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