John La Farge Stained Glass in New England: A Digital Guide

Ware, William (1832-1915)

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in May 1832, Ware graduated from Harvard University in 1852. He studied at the Lawrence Scientific School before moving to New York to become a draftsman in the architectural offices of Richard Morris Hunt. Eight…

Tags: architect, Battle Window, Christ Church, Christian Knight, Cornelia, Madonna and Child, Memorial Hall, Mother of the Gracchi, Venetian Banker

Walker, Charles Howard (1857-1936)

Walker was the architect of Mount Vernon Congregational Church, Beacon Street and Massachusetts Avenue, Boston (1892). The church burned in 1978, and was converted to the Church Court Condominiums by Graham Gund. Stained glass windows had previously…

Tags: Angel at the healing waters of Bethesda, architect, James Ayer Memorial Window, Mount Vernon Congregational Church

Vaughan, Henry (1845-1917)

Vaughan was born in England, and came to the United States in 1881, where he became a leading figure in the late Gothic revival. His ecclesiastical designs inspired Ralph Adams Cram and others. With George Frederick Bodley, he laid the plans for the…

Tags: architect, Figures of Wisdom, The Angel of Help - Helen Angier Ames Memorial Window, Unity Church

Van Brunt, Henry (1832-1903)

Born in Boston and educated at Harvard, he practiced architecture in his hometown with William Ware for twenty years. Their buildings with stained glass by La Farge include Memorial Hall, Harvard (1871-78) and Christ Church Episcopal, Lincoln…

Tags: architect, Battle Window, Christ Church, Christian Knight, Cornelia - Mother of the Gracchi, Madonna and Child, Memorial Hall, Venetian Banker

Upjohn, Richard (1802-1878)

Renowned for church architecture, Upjohn was influential in the spread of Gothic Revival in America. Born in Shaftesbury, in Dorset, England, he initially trained as a cabinet-maker. In 1829 he came to the U.S. and settled in Boston where he started…

Tags: architect, Church of the Ascension, Mary Magdelene - Joanna - Mary the Mother of James at the Sepulchre, The Ascension (mural), The Good Shepherd, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

Sturgis, John Hubbard (1834-1888)

Sturgis had a twenty-year partnership with Charles Brigham as the firm Sturgis & Brigham. The firm concentrated on fine domestic architecture, most of the houses being around the Back Bay quarter of Boston and in Newport. They produced fine public…

Tags: Abby Sears McCulloch Memorial Window, architect, Emmanuel Church, Mary Greene Memorial Window, Morning Glories - window from William Watts Sherman house, Museum of Fine Arts, Susan Welles Memorial Window

Stokes, Isaac Newton Phelps (1867-1944)

Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes was a prominent New York architect who studied at Harvard and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was the architect of St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University (1904-07).

Tags: architect, St. Paul Preaching at Athens, St. Paul's Chapel

Stern, Robert A. M. (1939)

Born in New York City, Stern was educated at Columbia University and then Yale. He was a well-known author and teacher before starting his own practice. He believes in design as a process of cultural assimilation and that architecture is a…

Tags: architect, Decorative Windows, Madonna, Our Lady of Mercy Chapel, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. John

Stephenson, Harris M. (1845-1909)

Harris M. Stephenson was the architect of St. John's Episcopal Church, Jamaica Plain, MA, (1882).

Tags: architect, Decorative Window, St. John's Episcopal Church

Richardson, Henry Hobson (1838-1886)

Born in Priestley Plantation, Louisiana, Richardson was educated at Harvard and then studied architecture in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts (1859–62). While in Europe he worked under Henri Labrouste and Jakob Ignaz Hittorf. He initiated the…

Tags: architect, Christ in Majesty, Presentation of Virgin in Temple - Julia Appleton McKim Memorial Window, Resurrection of Christ - Mary Love Boott Welch Memorial Window, Trinity Church, Vision of St. John: Ieposolyma the New Jerusalem, Wise Virgin

Renwick, James (1818-1895)

Born in New York City into a wealthy and well-educated family, Renwick initially studied engineering at Columbia University. He graduated in 1836, already interested in architecture but with no formal training. His first major commission came in 1843…

Tags: architect, Madonna and Child, St. Barnabas Church

Porter, Cyrus Kinne (1828-1910)

Cyrus Porter was the architect of Trinity Church, Buffalo, NY (1884-86). He also designed many other buildings in Buffalo.

Tags: architect, Ascension, Christ Appears to his brother James, Epiphany, Good Samaritan Window, Resurrection window or Noli Me Tangere, Rose window or St. Catherine’s Window, The Lord is My Shepherd, The Rest on the Flight to Egypt, The Sealing of the Twelve Tribes, The Transfiguration, Trinity Church - Buffalo

O'Rourke, Jeremiah (1833-1915)

Jeremiah O'Rourke and Father George Deshon (1823-1903) were the architects of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York, NY (1874-89).

Tags: 10 clerestory windows, 2 windows in Chancel, architect, Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Windows in façade

Mitchell, John Ames (1844-1918)

John Ames Mitchell was educated at Harvard University, and studied architecture at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was a nephew of Oliver Ames Jr., and in 1875 designed Unity Church in North Easton, MA. This town is known…

Tags: architect, Figures of Wisdom, The Angel of Help - Helen Angier Ames Memorial Window, Unity Church

Mead, William Rutherford (1846-1928)

Born in Brattleboro, Vermont in August 1846, Mead went to Norwich University and graduated from Amherst College in 1867. He began studying architecture in New York and then spent some time in Florence, Italy. Upon returning to New York, he struck up…

Maginnis, Charles Donagh (1867-1955)

Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, Maginnis came to America at age 18. In Boston, he apprenticed with Edmund Wheelwright as a draftsman. Inspired by the Gothic Revival churches of Ralph Adams Cram, Maginnis became one the leading figures in…

Tags: architect, Christ in Majesty, Parish House: Wise Virgin, Presentation of Virgin in Temple - Julia Appleton McKim Memorial Window, Resurrection of Christ - Mary Love Boott Welch Memorial Window, Trinity Church, Vision of St. John: Ieposolyma the New Jerusalem

McKim, Charles Follen (1847-1909)

Born in Pennsylvania, McKim studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He returned to the United States in 1872, and worked in the office of H. H. Richardson in New York. In 1877 he joined up with William Rutherford Mead, then two…

Littell, Emlen T. (1840-1901)

Emlen T. Littell was the first designer of the Church of the Incarnation, New York (1864-65). In 1882, fire destroyed most of it; the church was rebuilt in 1882 by David Jardine. In 1896, Heins and La Farge completed the spire. John La Farge painted…

Tags: architect, George Whitney Smith Memorial Window, God as Good Vintner, John Riley Memorial Window, Murals of the Nativity and Adoration of the Magi

La Farge, Christopher Grant (1862-1938)

Christopher Grant La Farge (1862-1938) was the eldest son of the artist John La Farge, and a partner in the firm of Heins and La Farge. Their religious commissions include the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Providence, RI (1889; tower 1897). The…

Tags: Angels of Adoration, Angie Lacey Peck Memorial Window, architect, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Decorative Windows, First Church Congregational, Helen A. Shafer Memorial Window, Houghton Chapel, The Resurrection - Colonel Henry Coffin Nevins Memorial Window

Heins, George Louis (1860-1907)

George Louis Heins was the partner of Christopher Grant La Farge (1862-1938) in the firm of Heins and La Farge. Their religious commissions include the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Providence, RI (1889; tower 1897). The chancel of the First…

Tags: Angels of Adoration, Angie Lacey Peck Memorial Window, architect, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Decorative Windows, First Church Congregational, Helen A. Shafer Memorial Window, Houghton Chapel, The Resurrection - Colonel Henry Coffin Nevins Memorial Window

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