| Site Id: |
42.1.2 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Address: |
1009 Virginia Street East |
| Location: |
Charleston, West Virginia 25301, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
38.34749, -81.63428 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 116 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 223 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 lists the church twice, once under Charleston and once under Kanawha [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Completeness: |
Medium |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1873-1885 [ORG] |
| Architect: |
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| Comment: |
The church says that two of the other windows, the Staunton Memorial Window, theme the Good Samaritan, and the Torrence Memorial Window, theme the Ascension, both unsigned, are by Tiffany [ORG, DT2011] |
| Also of interest: |
Eight 1966 windows by Willet Studios [ORG] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Comstock Memorial Window (Arter Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
The Lord is My Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 116 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 223 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
Tiffany Studios New York [DT2026] |
| Other documentation: |
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| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Mary Elizabeth Ruffner Comstock (15 Sep 1833 - 2 Jan 1894) and Dr. Lucius Loomis Comstock (9 Aug 1834 - 5 Feb 1886) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
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| Date: |
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| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of / Elizabeth Ruffner / Comstock / Lucious L Comstock M D [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Christ the Good Shepherd |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Arter Memorial Window, so likely Laura L. Comstock Arter, the daughter of the Comstocks, was at least one of the donors and was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DT2011: |
Donald Traser, personal communication (31 Aug 2011) |
| DT2026: |
Donald Traser, personal communication (1 Jul 2026) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| INT1910: |
The Interior (21 Jul 1910, p. 1024) |
| 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) |
