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Westminster Memorial Studios Census

First Presbyterian Church, Flint, Michigan

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Site Id: 23.13.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 746 South Saginaw Street
Location: Flint, Michigan 48502, USA
Lat/Lng: 43.01327, -83.68893
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1884-1885 [HIST1937]; remodeled 1927-1929 [HIST1937]
Architect: Lawrence B. Valk (1884-1885 building) [HIST1937]
See also: Tiffany Census

Site Items

23.13.1.1: Willson Memorial Window: The Transfiguration (1940) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 23.13.1.1

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Willson Memorial Window:  The Transfiguration
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name: Willson Memorial Window
Theme: The Transfiguration (Jesus with Elijah and Moses) [FJ1940A, FJ1940B]
Signature:
Documentation: [FJ1940A]
Memorial details: George Crapo Willson (26 Mar 1871 - 18 Oct 1938) [INSCRIPTION, FJ1940A, FJ1940B]
Donor: his wife, Frances Abigail Spencer Willson [FJ1940A, FJ1940B, FINDAGRAVE]
and also his children, Frances Spencer Willson (Mrs. Jay Claude) Thompson and J. Curtis Willson [FJ1940A, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Dedicated 20 Oct 1940 [FJ1940A, FJ1940B]
Size: 24' high x 12' wide [FJ1940A]
Lancets: 5 [PHOTO, FJ1940A]
Inscription: THIS IS THE PROMISE / THAT HE HATH PROMISED / US EVEN ETERNAL LIFE / I JOHN II:25 // THIS WINDOW ERECTED / TO / THE GLORY OF GOD // IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / GEORGE CRAPO WILLSON / BY HIS WIFE / FRANCES S. WILLSON / AND CHILDREN / FRANCES W. THOMPSON / J. CURTIS WILLSON // MARCH 28, 1871 / OCTOBER 18, 1938 // THE ETERNAL GOD IS / THY REFUGE AND / UNDERNEATH ARE THE / EVERLASTING ARMS / DEUT. XXXIII:27 [PHOTO, FJ1940A]
Category: Transfiguration
Location: west wall [FJ1940A]

References

FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
FJ1940A: The Flint Journal (13 Oct 1940, p. 11)
FJ1940B: The Flint Journal (19 Oct 1940, p. 2)
HIST1937: A Century of History, 1837-1937, First Presbyterian Church, Flint, Michigan, Leah Beach Garner (1937, p. 32-34, 52)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
PHOTO: Photo of item

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