| Site Id: |
8.23.1 |
| Rating: |
1 star |
| Other name(s): |
Center Church on-the-Green |
| Address: |
250 Temple Street |
| Location: |
New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
41.30786, -72.92657 |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 45 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 209 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 29 |
| Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Extant |
| Building date: |
1812-1815 [WIKI] |
| Architect: |
Ithiel Town [ORG] |
| Also of interest: |
1899 window, "Christ and the Woman of Samaria", in memory of Lucius and Fanny Hotchkiss, by Joline B. Smith [NHER1899A] |
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1899 windows, "Last Supper" and three angels, in memory of Henry Trowbridge and Henry Hotchkiss, by La Farge [NHER1899B, NHMJC1899] |
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1900 window, "Angel of Praise", in memory of Ellen Louise English Mersick, by Joline B. Smith [NHER1900A, NHMJC1900] |
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1906 window, "St. Paul", in memory of Charles S. Merrick, designed by Edward Peck Sperry and made by Gorham [NHMJC1906] |
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These windows were all removed from the church in 1960 [DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Removed [ORG_NEW] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
English Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Illust. Malachi 4-17 (should be 3-17) [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 45 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 209 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[NHER1900B] |
| Designer: |
probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
| Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
| Memorial details: |
Edwin Holt English (28 Sep 1854 - 6 Oct 1899) and his daughter Lucia Hosmer English (16 Apr 1884 - 22 May 1892) [INSCRIPTION, NHER1900B] |
| Donor: |
wife / mother, Lucy Kellogg Holt [NHER1900B, WEB] |
| Date: |
Installed 14 Jun 1900 [NHER1900B] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
IN LOVING MEMORY EDWIN HOLT ENGLISH / BORN SEPTEMBER 28 1854 - DIED OCTOBER 6 1899 / AND HIS DAVGHTER LVCIA HOSMER ENGLISH / BORN APRIL 16 1884 - DIED MAY 22 1892 [PHOTO, NHER1900B] |
| Category: |
Righteous Shall Receive a Crown of Glory |
| History: |
Removed in 1960, currently in Pitts Chapel of the Unified Free Will Baptist Church, New Haven, CT (SITE:8.23.13) [ORG_NEW] |
| Same as item: |
8.23.13.1 |
| Status: |
Removed [ORG_NEW] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Morris Memorial Window (Pratt Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Angel of Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 45 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 209 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[NHER1898, NHJC1898] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Luzon Burritt Morris (16 Apr 1827 - 22 Aug 1895) [INSCRIPTION, HC1897, NHER1897, MDR1897, HC1898, NHER1898, NHJC1898] |
| Donor: |
his son-in-law Charles Millard Pratt [HC1897, NHER1897, MDR1897, HC1898, NHER1898, NHJC1898, WIKI] |
|
and also his daughter, Mary Morris Pratt [HC1898, NHER1898, NHJC1898] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Dec 1898 [HC1898, NHER1898, NHJC1898] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME THOVGH / HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE. // IN MEMORY OF / LVZON BVRRITT MORRIS / APRIL 16, 1827 - AVGVST 22, 1895 [PHOTO, HC1898, NHER1898, NHJC1898] |
| Category: |
Angel of Resurrection |
| Location: |
southwest corner of the church [NHER1898, NHJC1898] |
| History: |
Removed in 1960, currently in Pitts Chapel of the Unified Free Will Baptist Church, New Haven, CT (SITE:8.23.13) [ORG_NEW] |
| Employees: |
Placed in position by Mr. Lett [NHER1898] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Pratt Memorial Window because the Pratts were the donors [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Same as item: |
8.23.13.2 |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Trowbridge Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
John Davenport Preaching to the Colonists of New Haven [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 45 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 209 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 29 |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[NHER1894A, NHER1894B, NHER1894C, NHMJC1894A, NHMJC1894B, OUT1894, CW1894, RDC1894, ARCH1895, CONG1896] |
| Designer: |
Joseph Lauber [NHMJC1894B, ARCH1895] |
| Memorial details: |
Ezekiel Hayes Trowbridge (21 Apr 1818 - 24 Nov 1893) [INSCRIPTION, NHER1894A, NHER1894B, NHER1894C, NHMJC1894A, NHMJC1894B, OUT1894, CW1894, SDR1894, RDC1894, CONG1896, TG1908] |
| Donor: |
his son, Ezekiel Hayes Trowbridge [NHER1894A, NHER1894C, NHMJC1894A, NHMJC1894B, CW1894, SDR1894, RDC1894, CONG1896, TG1908] |
| Date: |
Installed Nov 1894 [CONG1894] |
|
Unveiled 18 Nov 1894 [NHER1894B, NHER1894C, OUT1894] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
THE LORD OVR GOD BE WITH VS / AS HE WAS WITH OVR FATHERS / LET HIM NOT LEAVE VS NOR FOR / SAKE VS - I KINGS VIII 57 // IN MEMORY OF / EZEKIEL HAYES TROWBRIDGE / BORN APRIL 21 1818 / DIED NOVEMBER 24 1893 [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Historic Figure |
| Location: |
rear of the building [NHER1894A, NHMJC1894A, NHMJC1894B, SDR1894] |
|
behind the pulpit [CW1894, CONG1894, CONG1896] |
| AJ1972: |
Art Journal (Summer 1972, Vol. 31, No. 4, p. 435) |
| ARCH1895: |
Catalogue of the Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1895, p. liv) |
| CONG1894: |
The Congregationalist (22 Nov 1894, p. 736) |
| CONG1896: |
The Congregationalist (11 Jun 1896, p. 942) |
| CONT1910: |
The Continent (Tiffany Studios advertisement) (17 Nov 1910, p. 1594) |
| CW1894: |
The Christian Work: Illustrated Family Newspaper (29 Nov 1894, p. 879) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HC1897: |
The Hartford Courant (8 Jun 1897, p. 11) |
| HC1898: |
The Hartford Courant (13 Dec 1898, p. 13) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| LAAC1912: |
Year Book of the Los Angeles Architectural Club, Third Exhibition (1912) |
| MDR1897: |
Meriden Daily Republican (7 Jun 1897, p. 1) |
| NHER1894A: |
New Haven Evening Register (16 Jul 1894, p. 3) |
| NHER1894B: |
New Haven Evening Register (17 Nov 1894, p. 3) |
| NHER1894C: |
New Haven Evening Register (19 Nov 1894, p. 3) |
| NHER1897: |
New Haven Evening Register (7 Jun 1897, p. 1) |
| NHER1898: |
New Haven Evening Register (12 Dec 1898, p. 1) |
| NHER1899A: |
New Haven Evening Register (7 Nov 1899, p. 7) |
| NHER1899B: |
New Haven Evening Register (18 Dec 1899, p. 7) |
| NHER1900A: |
New Haven Evening Register (3 Mar 1900, p. 7) |
| NHER1900B: |
New Haven Evening Register (15 Jun 1900, p. 3) |
| NHJC1898: |
New Haven Journal and Courier (12 Dec 1898, p. 1) |
| NHMJC1894A: |
New Haven Morning Journal and Courier (16 Jul 1894, p. 7) |
| NHMJC1894B: |
New Haven Morning Journal and Courier (16 Nov 1894, p. 4) |
| NHMJC1899: |
New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier (18 Dec 1899, Part 2, p. 1) |
| NHMJC1900: |
New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier (3 Mar 1900, p. 3) |
| NHMJC1904: |
New Haven Morning Journal and Courier (4 Apr 1904, p. 8) |
| NHMJC1906: |
New Haven Morning Journal and Courier (16 Apr 1906, p. 5) |
| NYO1910: |
The New York Observer (Tiffany Studios advertisement) (17 Nov 1910, p. 629) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| ORG_NEW: |
Organization that is new owner |
| OUT1894: |
The Outlook (1 Dec 1894, p. 932) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| RDC1894: |
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (23 Dec 1894, p. 11) |
| SDR1894: |
The Springfield Daily Republican (17 Jul 1894, p. 2) |
| TG1908: |
The Trowbridge Genealogy: History of the Trowbridge Family in America, Francis Bacon Trowbridge (1908, frontspiece, and p. 16, 90, 93, 109) |
| 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) |
| WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| WIKI: |
Wikipedia |
