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Our Building History: Stained-Glass Windows, Memorials & Furnishings Our Building History: Stained-Glass Windows, Memorials & Furnishings Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury St, Boston MA 02116 Cornerstone laid June 17, 1861 First service Dec. 15 1861 150th anniversary 2011 This guide revised Jan. 2019 Mary Chitty, History & Archives Commission Chair, [email protected] Elizabeth Richardson, History & Archives, [email protected] Michael Scanlon, Building Commission Chair, [email protected] Photographs: Julian Bullitt, Matthew Griffing, Donald Kreider Charles Eamer Kempe’s St. Michael Killing the Dragon Table of Contents Part I Page Acknowledgements 2 Floor Plan, Michael Scanlon 3 Building Timeline 4 Illustrated Building History & Geology, Michael Scanlon 6 Stained Glass Windows 9 Artists John Ninian Comper, Charles Connick, Frederic Crowninshield, Harry Eldredge Goodhue, Heaton, Butler & Bayne, Charles Eamer Kempe, Tiffany, Samuel West, Henry Wynd Young Windows Chancel & East Wall 10 South Wall 12 North Wall 22 Emmanuel’s Land Window 26 West Wall 28 Lobby & Parish Hall 29 1 Part II Artists: Architects & Artisans 3 Memorials by location Chancel & East Wall 5 South Wall 19 Narthex 26 West Wall 29 North Wall 33 Parish Hall 37 Sacristy, Music Room & Garden 38 Lindsey Chapel 40 Part III Emmanuel Mysteries 1 Index of People: Memorials & Donors 2 Index of Saints & Other Figures in Stained Glass & Statues 6 Statues of Saints in Altar Screen of Lindsey Chapel 10 Acknowledgements We are grateful to Virginia Raguin, whose talk on stained glass at the April 2010 Annual Parish Historians’ Society meeting at Emmanuel inspired to solve some of the mysteries of Emmanuel’s stained glass. Architectural historian Cynthia Zaitzevsky’s investigations into Boston libraries and archives for information particularly on the Connick stained glass studio where her grandfather worked has been invaluable. This guide would not be possible without the wonderful images of photographers Julian Bullitt, Matt Griffing, Don Kreider and Michael Scanlon. Many thanks to Bill White for sharing Don Kreider’s photographs with us. Thanks to our Building Commission for its devoted stewardship: http://www.emmanuel-boston.org/building.html 2 Emmanuel Church Floor Plan 3 Building Timeline of Emmanuel Church, Boston July 17, 1861 Emmanuel Church cornerstone laid. December 15, 1861 First Service in Church April 24, 1862 Emmanuel Church consecrated 1863 Free-standing Chapel added 1864 West transept added 1883 First Parish House built April, 1898 Last service in old church before expansion. Services were held at the nearby YMCA until the new church was completed. Chancel added and orientation changed from North South to East West March 5 1899 Expanded church dedicated 1906 Walter Baylies buys 11 and 13 Newbury Street for land for Parish House. April 21, 1915 Leslie Lindsey and Stewart Mason married May 7, 1915 Lusitania sunk, newlyweds Leslie Lindsey and Stewart Mason drown 1920 William Lindsey buys 27 Newbury St for Lindsey Chapel October 1 1924 Lindsey Chapel consecrated 1926 Parish House third floor added. The old chapel changed into a library with Gothic fireplace. Mezzanine room provided for the kindergarten and a large workroom on the second floor added for the women of the parish. Off this room was a new kitchen with modern equipment and a dumbwaiters. The top floor provided offices for parish workers, and the basement had a club room for choir boys, a choir room for practice and a study for the organist. 1950 11-13 Newbury Street sold to repair unsafe church floor? 1955 Extensive renovations of Church and Parish House completed. 1964 Lindsey Chapel damaged by fire. Feb 1996 Four Apostles window restoration grant awarded by the George B. Henderson Foundation Nov 17, 1999 Safe Haven opens April 2000 Vestry discusses handicap-accessible bathroom Nov 12, 2000 Fire Dept. alerted to fire by women of Safe Haven 4 Dec 7, 2000 Services return to Lindsey Chapel after fire Dec 24, 2000 Services return to Emmanuel Church after fire 2003 Blessing of renovated Music Room, Sacristy and new bathrooms Sept 2006 New garden fence installed, supported by the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund, City of Boston Small Changes Fund, and designed and negotiated with city boards and the DeAngelis Ironworks Company by David Polando Jan 2008 Pilgrim’s Progress Window restored and rededicated, with Gertrude Wilmers great- granddaughter of Frederic Crowninshield and donor in attendance Aug 2009 Simon Verity begins carving Lindsey Chapel replacement statues Fall 2010 Simon Verity statues for Lindsey Chapel altar installed Feb. 2017 Burnham Window, restored by Serpentino Stained Glass Studios, dedicated by the Rt. Rev. Gayle Harris 5 6 7 8 Stained Glass Photographs by Julian Bullitt & Matt Griffing Like the architecture, the glazing program at Emmanuel Church was assembled by gradual accretion and is characterized by overall diversity and major transformations in style. The church retains several precious examples of pre-opalescent era stained glass by native designers. … Much of the earliest glass of the Boston area has fallen to the universal trend towards renovation common to major metropolitan areas. Thus these surviving examples of native glazing are of unusual importance. Lance Kasparian 1990 Artists Sir John Ninian Comper (1864-196), London). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninian_Comper Lindsey Chapel stained glass, altar and altar screen, 1924. Charles Jay Connick (1875-1945; Boston studio from 1913). http://www.cjconnick.org/ Chancel Hawley Memorial windows, 1936; Sarah Field Lawrence Memorial, 1916; possibly Cranmore N. Wallace Memorial after 1918. Howard Lord in Connick Studio: Ornamental trefoil of Christ the Good Shepherd, 1947. Frederic Crowninshield (1845-1918, Boston). Emmanuel’s Land Window of Pilgrim’s Progress, 1898. http://www.emmanuelboston.org/mission/building/emmanuels-land-window/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Crowninshield Harry Eldredge Goodhue (1873-1918, Cambridge MA). Simeon & Anna, 1905; St. Martin & the Beggar, 1909. http://www.buffaloah.com/a/DCTNRY/stained/goodhue/goodhue.html Heaton Butler & Bayne (1855-1953, London). Marian Burnham Memorial, 1900; damaged in 2000 fire, restored 2016. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaton,_Butler_and_Bayne http://www.emmanuelboston.org/mission/building/burnham-window/ Charles Eamer Kempe (1837-1907, London). Ward Memorial: Archangel and Heralds, 1902; Clerestory windows of Old and New Testament figures, 1902. St. Michael and the Dragon, 1901. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eamer_Kempe Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co. (1878-1933, New York). Meyer Memorial: Incredulity of St. Thomas, 1890. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_glass Samuel West (died 1891, Boston) or Henry E. Sharp (c1860-1897, New York). Four Apostles, 1862; Lawrence Memorial, 1861; Rand Memorial, 1862; Bowditch Memorial, by 1865; Gould Memorials, after 1862/63. http://www.channingchurch.org/Frontpage/windows.html Henry Wynd Young (1874-1923, New York). World War I Memorial, c1920. Wallace Memorial (#18), after 1918. See his work in Buffalo NY: http://www.buffaloah.com/a/DCTNRY/stained/young/index.html. 9 Windows Chancel (north to south, left to right, alley to Newbury St.) 1. North/left: 3 windows [One was broken in 2000 fire.] Charles J. Connick based on design by Charles Kempe: George Hawley Memorial, 1936. Heralds 2. Center over altar Charles J. Connick: five lancets given by Mrs. George Hawley. St. Raphael; St. Michael; Red-Winged Seraph; St. Gabriel; St. Uriel, Guardian of All Wise Men & Women 10 3. South/right Kempe: Anna Saltonstall Merrill Ward Memorial, Mrs. Henry Veazey Ward (1828-1901), gift of her daughters the Misses Ward: Marian DeCourcy Ward, Anna Saltonstall Ward, and step-daughter Caroline E Ward, 1902. Vestry minutes also list their brother, Robert DeCourcy Ward, as one of the donors. Archangel Flanked by Heralds To the left of the Connick Herald Angels are six windows with geometric designs, two of which were broken in the 2000 fire and had apparently never been photographed. Cynthia Zaitzevsky in Nov 2000 thought there might have been angels, and were the work of the Connick firm. In a later communication she maintained that we didn’t lose “any windows wholly by Connick, just one that he added some blue glass to.” Connick's notes on the new windows propose “to add bits of true and beautiful blue to the backgrounds of the present ‘Herald Angels’ and to the duplicates of them on the left side of the chancel.” An 1899 Globe article describes “23 windows in the chancel in various combinations of color, the principal hues being amber, greenish blue, ruby, and yellow, all so arranged as to give a soft and mellow light and lend the appearance of age… These windows are made from original designs by Mr. Francis R. Allen, and are of British antique glass.” 11 South Wall (along Newbury St.) Clerestory windows are by Charles Eamer Kempe, London, 1902. Jonathan French (1803-1901) Memorial, gift of his daughter Cornelia A. French, 1902. Moving from Chancel to Chapel, these figures from the Hebrew Bible represent: 4. Abraham, Isaac & Jacob 5. Joseph, Miriam & Moses 12 6. Joshua, Deborah & Samuel 7. Ruth, David & Solomon 13 8. Elijah, Elisha & Micaiah 9. Hosea, Amos & Micah 14 10. Isaiah, Jeremiah & Ezekiel 11. Zerubbabel, Ezra & Nehemiah 15 South Wall Balcony 12. Unknown artist, prior to 1890, ornamental trefoil with Cross of St. George: Alpha & Omega 16 13. Samuel West [possibly Henry E Sharp]. Given by the Church Corporation in memory of Bishop Alexander Viets Griswold (1766-1843), it was installed in the mid-1860s. Funded entirely by a grant from the George B. Henderson Foundation, it was restored in 1999 by the Daniel Maher Stained Glass Studio of Somerville. Now lighted from the interior at night, the window greatly enriches our facade. Four Apostles A 1899 Globe article noted, “The large window on Newbury St. has been remade, and now with all crude colorings eliminated it is most beautiful”. One list of memorials mentions a large window removed from West Gallery to the South Gallery. Feb 1862 vestry minutes said: When it was first proposed to make the large South Window a Memorial of the late beloved and venerated Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, the Rt.
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