Jessie Van Brunt Census

Church of the Transfiguration, Manhattan, New York City, New York

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The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id:	1.1.130
Rating:	2 stars
Other name(s):	Little Church Around the Corner
Address:	1 E. 29th Street
Location:	Manhattan, New York City, New York 10016, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.74527, -73.9859
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:

Site Items

1.1.130.1:	Actors' Memorial Window: Flight into Egypt (1930) (Extant)
1.1.130.2:	Ray Commemorative Window: Golden Rule (1933) (Extant)
1.1.130.3:	quatrefoil, peacock in center (1934) (Extant)
1.1.130.4:	Van Brunt Memorial Window: St. Francis of Assisi (1941) (Extant)
1.1.130.5:	Carrington Commemorative Window: Courage (1923) (Extant)
1.1.130.6:	Carrington Commemorative Window: Fortitude (1923) (Extant)
1.1.130.7:	Carrington Commemorative Window: Dawn (1927) (Extant)
1.1.130.8:	Carrington Commemorative Window: Moonlight (1927) (Extant)
1.1.130.9:	Carrington Commemorative Window: lunette done in shades of soft amber and green, showing a bird in flight (Extant)

Item 1.1.130.1

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

Status:	Extant [ORG]
Memorial name:	Actors' Memorial Window
Theme:	Flight into Egypt [EQU1930, EAGLE1934, HIST1957]
Signature:
Documentation:	[NYDN1930, WH1930, LAE1930, CPD1930, BILL1930, EQU1930, NYEJ1930, NYA1930, ML1930, AAA1931, EAGLE1934]
Memorial details:	all actors and actresses who for the love of Christ have served [WH1930, LAE1930, CPD1930, EQU1930, NYEJ1930, NYA1930, EAGLE1934]
Donor:	Jessie Van Brunt [NYDN1930, WH1930, LAE1930, CPD1930, BILL1930, EQU1930, NYEJ1930, NYA1930, ML1930, AAA1931, EAGLE1934, HIST1957]
Date:	Inscription 1930 [INSCRIPTION]
	Unveiled Quinquagesima Sunday, 2 Mar 1930 [NYDN1930, WH1930, LAE1930, BILL1930, EQU1930]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, EQU1930]
Inscription:	IN HONOR OF ALL ACTORS AND ACTRESSES WHO FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST HAVE SERVED // AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM 1930 [PHOTO]
Category:	Flight into Egypt
Location:	clerestory, transept aisle, south side of nave [ORG]

Item 1.1.130.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Ray Commemorative Window
Theme:	Golden Rule [INSCRIPTION, NYEP1933, LC1933]
Signature:
Documentation:	[NYEP1933, LC1933, EAGLE1934]
Memorial details:	Jackson Harvelle Randolph Ray (11 Jun 1886 - 1 Jun 1963), in commemoration of his 10th anniversary as rector of the church [INSCRIPTION, NYEP1933, EAGLE1934, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	Jessie Van Brunt [LC1933, EAGLE1934, HIST1957]
Date:	Dedicated 23 Apr 1933 [NYEP1933, LC1933]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	THE / GOLDEN / RULE / WINDOW // TO MARK 10 YEAR *** RECTORATE / OF RANDOLPH RAY DD 1933 [PHOTO]
Category:	Symbolic
Location:	clerestory above the south side of the center aisle [NYEP1933, LC1933, ORG]

Item 1.1.130.3

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:
Description:	quatrefoil, peacock in center [EAGLE1934]
Signature:
Documentation:	[EAGLE1934, NYS1934, LC1934]
Memorial details:
Donor:	Jessie Van Brunt [EAGLE1934, LC1934]
Date:	Installed May 1934 [EAGLE1934]
	On view 27 May 1934 [NYS1934]
Inscription:
Category:	Symbolic
Location:	opposite the entrance to the Houghton Memorial Chapel [EAGLE1934]
Comment:	This was the 30th stained-glass window by Van Brunt [EAGLE1934]
	This is located above the Dawn (ITEM:1.1.130.7) and Moonlight (ITEM:1.1.130.8) windows [EAGLE1934, PHOTO]

Item 1.1.130.4

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Van Brunt Memorial Window: St. Francis of Assisi

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Van Brunt Memorial Window
Theme:	St. Francis of Assisi [EAGLE1941, CHU1941]
Signature:
Documentation:	[EAGLE1941, CHU1941]
Memorial details:	Carrie Van Brunt (d. 1 Sep 1940) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1941, CHU1941]
Donor:	her sister, Jessie Van Brunt [HIST1957]
Date:	Dedicated 25 May 1941 [EAGLE1941, CHU1941]
Inscription:	IN / LOVING / THOUGHT / OF / CARRIE VAN BRUNT [PHOTO]
Category:	St. Francis
Location:	clerestory above the south side of the center aisle [EAGLE1941, CHU1941, ORG]

Item 1.1.130.5

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Carrington Commemorative Window: Courage

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Carrington Commemorative Window
Theme:	Courage [CHAT1929]
Description:	sunrise window [EAGLE1923, PA1923]
	bird against a radiant sky [PA1923]
	singing bird [CHAT1929]
Signature:	JESSIE VAN BRUNT / FECIT / ET / DEDIT [PHOTO]

Documentation:	[EAGLE1923, CHAT1923A, CHAT1923B, PA1923, CHAT1929]
Memorial details:	Rev. Dr. A.W.E. Carrington, then rector of the church for nine years [EAGLE1923, CHAT1923A]
Donor:	Jessie Van Brunt [EAGLE1923, CHAT1923A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
	and also her sister, Carrie Van Brunt [BDT1929B]
Date:	Consecrated Palm Sunday, 25 Mar 1923 in original site [PA1923]
	Dedicated 14 Apr 1929 in original site [EAGLE1929, BDT1929A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
	On view in this site 27 May 1934 [NYS1934, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	COURAGE. / "BE LIKE THE BIRD THAT HALTING IN HIS FLIGHT / AWHILE ON BOUGHS TOO SLIGHT / FEELS THEM GIVE WAY BENEATH HIM AND YET SINGS / KNOWING THAT HE HATH WINGS." [PHOTO]
Category:	Landscape
History:	Originally located in Church of the Incarnation, Brooklyn, New York City (SITE:2.1.80) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
	Installed here in May 1934 [EAGLE1934, PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Comment:	The window was originally rectangular and was reworked by Jessie Van Brunt for installation in the Church of the Transfiguration [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	2.1.80.2

Item 1.1.130.6

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Carrington Commemorative Window: Fortitude

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Carrington Commemorative Window
Theme:	Fortitude [CHAT1929]
Description:	sunrise window [EAGLE1923, PA1923]
	noble tree [PA1923]
	Plane tree by the side of the River of Life [CHAT1929]
Signature:
Documentation:	[EAGLE1923, CHAT1923A, CHAT1923B, PA1923, CHAT1929]
Memorial details:	Rev. Dr. A.W.E. Carrington, then rector of the church for nine years [EAGLE1923, CHAT1923A]
Donor:	Jessie Van Brunt [EAGLE1923, CHAT1923A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
	and also her sister, Carrie Van Brunt [BDT1929B]
Date:	Consecrated Palm Sunday, 25 Mar 1923 in original site [PA1923]
	Dedicated 14 Apr 1929 in original site [EAGLE1929, BDT1929A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
	On view in this site 27 May 1934 [NYS1934, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	FORTITUDE. / BE LIKE A TREE SO ISRAEL'S SINGER SAID / AND DAVID KNEW A TREE / GROWS OUTWARD FROM THE HEART AND STANDS UPRIGHT / THE NEARER HEAVEN TO BE [PHOTO]
Category:	Landscape
History:	Originally located in Church of the Incarnation, Brooklyn, New York City (SITE:2.1.80) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
	Installed here in May 1934 [EAGLE1934, PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Comment:	The window was originally rectangular and was reworked by Jessie Van Brunt for installation in the Church of the Transfiguration [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	2.1.80.3

Item 1.1.130.7

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Carrington Commemorative Window
Theme:	Dawn [CHAT1927, PA1927]
Description:	sunrise on the shores of a lake [CHAT1929]
Signature:	JESSIE VAN BRUNT 1927 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Documentation:	[EAGLE1927, CHAT1927, CHU1927, LC1927, PA1927, CHAT1929]
Memorial details:	Rev. Dr. A.W.E. Carrington [LC1927, EAGLE1929, BDT1929A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
Donor:	Jessie Van Brunt [EAGLE1927, NYEJ1927, LC1927, PA1927, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
	and also her sister, Carrie Van Brunt [BDT1929B]
Date:	Dedicated Palm Sunday, 10 Apr 1927 in original site [EAGLE1927, NYEJ1927, CHU1927, LC1927, PA1927]
	Dedicated 14 Apr 1929 in original site [EAGLE1929, BDT1929A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
	On view in this site 27 May 1934 [EAGLE1934]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Landscape
Location:	opposite the entrance to the Houghton Memorial Chapel [EAGLE1934]
History:	Originally located in Church of the Incarnation, Brooklyn, New York City (SITE:2.1.80) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
	Installed here in May 1934 [EAGLE1934, PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Comment:	The window was originally rectangular and was reworked by Jessie Van Brunt for installation in the Church of the Transfiguration [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	2.1.80.4

Item 1.1.130.8

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Carrington Commemorative Window: Moonlight

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Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Carrington Commemorative Window
Theme:	Moonlight [CHAT1927, PA1927]
Description:	moon seen through the leaves of a tree [CHAT1929]
Signature:	JESSIE VAN BRUNT 1927 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Documentation:	[EAGLE1927, CHAT1927, CHU1927, LC1927, PA1927, CHAT1929]
Memorial details:	Rev. Dr. A.W.E. Carrington [LC1927, EAGLE1929, BDT1929A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
Donor:	Jessie Van Brunt [EAGLE1927, NYEJ1927, LC1927, PA1927, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
	and also her sister, Carrie Van Brunt [BDT1929B]
Date:	Dedicated Palm Sunday, 10 Apr 1927 in original site [EAGLE1927, NYEJ1927, CHU1927, LC1927, PA1927]
	Dedicated 14 Apr 1929 in original site [EAGLE1929, BDT1929A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
	On view in this site 27 May 1934 [EAGLE1934]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Landscape
Location:	opposite the entrance to the Houghton Memorial Chapel [EAGLE1934]
History:	Originally located in Church of the Incarnation, Brooklyn, New York City (SITE:2.1.80) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
	Installed here in May 1934 [EAGLE1934, PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Comment:	The window was originally rectangular and was reworked by Jessie Van Brunt for installation in the Church of the Transfiguration [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	2.1.80.5

Item 1.1.130.9

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Carrington Commemorative Window: lunette done in shades of soft amber and green, showing a bird in flight

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Carrington Commemorative Window
Description:	lunette done in shades of soft amber and green, showing a bird in flight [EAGLE1934]
	flight of wild geese [CHAT1929]
Signature:
Documentation:	[CHAT1929]
Memorial details:	Rev. Dr. A.W.E. Carrington, in commemoration of his 15th anniversary as rector of the church [EAGLE1929, BDT1929A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
Donor:	Jessie Van Brunt [BDT1929B, CHAT1929, EAGLE1934]
	and also her sister, Carrie Van Brunt [BDT1929B]
Date:	Installed beween 1922 and 1927 in original site [DEDUCED]
	Dedicated 14 Apr 1929 in original site [EAGLE1929, BDT1929A, BDT1929B, CHAT1929]
	On view in this site 27 May 1934 [EAGLE1934, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	HE CARETH FOR YOU EVERYWHERE [PHOTO]
Category:	Landscape
Location:	Little Bride's Chapel [EAGLE1934]
History:	Originally located in Church of the Incarnation, Brooklyn, New York City (SITE:2.1.80) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
	Installed here in May 1934 [EAGLE1934, PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Comment:	The window was originally rectangular and was reworked by Jessie Van Brunt for installation in the Church of the Transfiguration [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	2.1.80.6

References

AAA1931:	American Art Annual (1931, Vol. XXVII p. 18-19)
BDT1929A:	Brooklyn Daily Times (14 Apr 1929, p. 4)
BDT1929B:	Brooklyn Daily Times (15 Apr 1929, p. 8)
BILL1930:	Billboard (15 Mar 1930, p. 47)
CHAT1923A:	Brooklyn Chat (21 Apr 1923, p. 4)
CHAT1923B:	Brooklyn Chat (10 Nov 1923, p. 18)
CHAT1927:	Brooklyn Chat (25 Jun 1927, p. 8)
CHAT1929:	Brooklyn Chat (20 Apr 1929, p. 1)
CHU1927:	The Churchman (30 Apr 1927, p. 27)
CHU1941:	The Churchman (1 Jun 1941, p. 23)
CPD1930:	Cleveland Plain Dealer (9 Mar 1930, Women's Magazine and Amusement Section, p. 13)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
EAGLE1923:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (14 Apr 1923, p. 9)
EAGLE1927:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (11 Apr 1927, p. 4)
EAGLE1929:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (13 Apr 1929, p. 9)
EAGLE1934:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (20 May 1934, p. A3)
EAGLE1941:	Brooklyn Eagle (22 May 1941, p. 26)
EQU1930:	Equity (Mar 1930, Vol. XV No. 3 p. 12-13, 32)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1957:	My Little Church the Corner, J.H. Randolph Ray in collaboration with Villa Stiles (1957, p. 284-285)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LAE1930:	Los Angeles Examiner (3 Mar 1930, p. 4)
LC1927:	The Living Church (30 Apr 1927, p. 922)
LC1933:	The Living Church (29 Apr 1933, p. 813)
LC1934:	The Living Church (28 Jul 1934, p. 180)
ML1930:	The Musical Leader (6 Mar 1930, Vol. 58 No. 10 p. 12)
NYA1930:	New York American (3 Mar 1930, 13)
NYDN1930:	New York Daily News (2 Mar 1930, p. 163)
NYEJ1927:	New York Evening Journal (12 Apr 1927, p B11)
NYEJ1930:	New York Evening Journal (3 Mar 1930, 13)
NYEP1933:	New York Evening Post (22 Apr 1933, p. 14)
NYS1934:	New York Sun (26 May 1934, p. 33)
ORG:	Organization
PA1923:	The Packer Alumna (Jun 1923, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2, p. 14)
PA1927:	The Packer Alumna (Jun 1927, Vol. XLIII, No. 2, p. 23)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
WH1930:	Washington Herald (3 Mar 1930, p. 2)