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Tiffany Census

First Baptist Church, Madison, Wisconsin

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: 43.4.2
Rating: Nothing
Address: 201 N. Carroll Street
Location: Madison, Wisconsin 53703, USA
Lat/Lng: 43.07534, -89.38736 (approx)
Tiffany 1910: Page 117
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Destroyed
Building date: 1900 [WSJ1900B]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

43.4.2.1: Main Memorial Window: Good Shepherd (1900) (Destroyed) item has a photo

Item 43.4.2.1

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Main Memorial Window:  Good Shepherd
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Destroyed [WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Main Memorial Window (Spooner Memorial Window)
Theme: Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 117
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [WSJ1900A, WSJ1900B, WCR1900, WW1900, GCW1900, WSJ1901]
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Semantha Stillman Main (1 May 1808 - 23 Mar 1877) [WSJ1900B, WW1900, GCW1900, WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her daughter, Annie Elizabeth Main (Mrs. John Colt) Spooner [WSJ1900A, WSJ1900B, WCR1900, WW1900, GCW1900, WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Installed end Jul 1900 [WSJ1900A]
In place when building dedicated 26 Aug 1900 [WSJ1900A, WSJ1900B, WCR1900, WW1900, GCW1900]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO, WSJ1900B, WW1900]
Inscription: In Loving Memory of / Samantha Stillman Main. / Born in 1808. Died in 1877. / Erected by her Daughter, / Annie Main Spooner [WSJ1900B, WW1900]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd
Location: N. Carroll Street side [WSJ1900B]
Cost: around $1400 [WSJ1900A]
$1400 [WCR1900]
$1500 [WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901]
Employees: Charles Letts was the installer [WSJ1900A]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Spooner Memorial Window because Mrs. Spooner was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment: Destroyed by fire, 24 Jul 1901 [WSJ1901, BEN1901, KS1901, TRC1901, RH1901]

References

BEN1901: Baraboo Evening News (25 Jul 1901, p. 1)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
GCW1900: Grant County Witness (15 Aug 1900, p. 1)
KS1901: Kewaskum Statesman (27 Jul 1901, p. 1)
PHOTO: Photo of item
RH1901: Readstown Herald (1 Aug 1901, p. 3)
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)
TRC1901: Two Rivers Chronicle (30 Jul 1901, p. 2)
WCR1900: Wood County Reporter (9 Aug 1900, p. 3)
WSJ1900A: Wisconsin State Journal (2 Aug 1900, p. 3)
WSJ1900B: Wisconsin State Journal (18 Aug 1900, p. 1)
WSJ1901: Wisconsin State Journal (25 Jul 1901, p. 1, 8)
WW1900: The Weekly Wisconsin (18 Aug 1900, p. 1)

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