Tiffany Census

First Congregational Church, Danbury, Connecticut

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:	8.8.1
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	Main Street
Location:	Danbury, Connecticut 06810, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.3942, -73.45254 (approx)
Tiffany 1910:	Page 43
Duncan 1980:	Page 208
Tiffany 1897:	Page 27
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 lists the site twice, once under First Congregational Church and once under Congregational Church [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Destroyed
Building date:	1858 [HIST1896]
Architect:
Comment:	Destroyed by fire May 1907 [WEB]
Also of interest:

Site Items

8.8.1.1:	Benedict Memorial Window: Christ and His Disciples on the way to Emmaus (Likely destroyed)
8.8.1.2:	Cooke Memorial Window: The Sower (1907) (Likely destroyed)

Item 8.8.1.1

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

Status:	Likely destroyed [DEDUCED]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Benedict Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ and His Disciples on the way to Emmaus [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 43
Duncan 1980:	Page 208
Tiffany 1897:	Page 27
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Edgar Aaron Benedict (b. 24 Oct 1833) [HIST1896, WEB]
Donor:	his mother, Elizabeth Morehouse Benedict [HIST1896, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Emmaus

Item 8.8.1.2

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

Status:	Likely destroyed [DEDUCED]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Cooke Memorial Window
Theme:	The Sower [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 43
Duncan 1980:	Page 208
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[FRIE1907]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Amos Starr Cooke (1 Dec 1810 - 20 Mar 1871) and his wife Juliette Montague Cooke (10 Mar 1812 - 11 Aug 1896) [FRIE1907, WIKI]
Donor:	their son, Charles Montague Cooke [FRIE1907]
Date:	Installed ca. May 1907 [FRIE1907]
Inscription:	In Memoriam Amos Starr Cooke and his wife Juliette Cooke, Missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands in 1836 [FRIE1907]
Category:	Parable of the Sower
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Cook [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment:	The building was destroyed by fire shortly after the window was installed [DEDUCED]

References

DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
FRIE1907:	The Friend (Jun 1907, p. 12)
HIST1896:	History of Danbury, Conn. 1684-1896, James Montgomery Bailey and Susan Benedict Hill (1896, p. 294-295)
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)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information
WIKI:	Wikipedia