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Glass Artists and Sites

This is an alphabetical list giving the name of the artist or firm, followed by an alphabetical list of selected sites generally open to the public by appointment. Several buildings with important glass are currently closed and these are noted. The site list gives contact information, web addresses, etc.  Additional information is given in the footnotes.

Albert M. Tannler
Historical Collections Director
Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
2012

 ARTISTS AND STUDIOS – A SELECT LIST

1. D. Maitland Armstrong and Helen Maitland Armstrong, New York

The Presbyterian Church, Sewickley – The Apostle John, c. 1897

[George Boos, see Leo Thomas]

2. Clara Miller Burd for Church Glass & Decorating Company, New York

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park – E. transept 1908; W. transept 1911

3. Wilbur H. Burnham, Sr., Boston

East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty – chancel windows 1935; Trinity Chapel 1943

4. Clayton & Bell, London

First Presbyterian Church, Downtown – South façade window 1905

5. Charles J. Connick, Boston

First Baptist Church, Oakland – all but one window 1911-12

Edgewood Presbyterian Church, Edgewood, Pa. – all windows 1917

Gordon Chapel, Church of the Ascension, Shadyside – all windows 1918

First Presbyterian Church, Greensburg, PA – façade window 1921; chancel window 1928[1]

Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside – 70 plus windows 1922-39

East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty – 10 clerestory windows 1930-34

University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning Campus, Oakland (Cathedral of Learning –3 windows in Commons Room 1940-41; Stephen Foster Memorial Museum – all windows 1936; Heinz Memorial Chapel – all windows 1936-38)

6. Connick Associates, Boston

The Presbyterian Church, Sewickley – Tree of Life 1967; Great North Window 1955; chapel windows 1953

University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning German Nationality Room, Oakland – 9 windows designed 1937; completed 1953

7. Cottier & Company, New York

 “Clayton,” Henry Clay Frick Estate, The Frick Art & Historical Center, Point Breeze – Four Virgins 1904

8. Kenyon Cox, New York

Third Presbyterian Church, Shadyside – Memory and Hope 1908

9. Nicola D’Ascenzo, Philadelphia

Riverview United Presbyterian Church, Observatory Hill – all but one window c. 1906-11

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park  – Chapel 1920; vestibule 1925

St. James R.C. Church, Wilkinsburg, Pa. – ambulatory windows 1930

East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty – E. transept New Jerusalem, W. transept Historical Window 1935

10. Jean-Jacques Duval, New York

Urban League of Pittsburgh Charter School, East Liberty (formerly Congregation B’nai Israel) – 9 windows 1965

11. Ford & Brooks, Boston

First United Methodist Church, Bloomfield – E. and W. transept windows 1894

McClure Avenue Presbyterian Church, West End [closed]

12. Alfred Godwin, Philadelphia

“Clayton,” Henry Clay Frick Estate, The Frick Art & Historical Center, Point Breeze – two panels from Love in the Tower are displayed in the Frick Museum and the following windows remain in Clayton:  Harvest window from 1882-83; 4 library windows, 3 bathroom windows 1891-92

13. Harry Eldredge Goodhue Company, Cambridge, Mass.

Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside – Great Commission (nave); Walter Ball designer 1908

Holy Family R. C. Church, Latrobe, Pa. –16 windows 1906-07

14. Harry Wright Goodhue, Boston

St. James R. C. Church, Wilkinsburg, Pa. – 80 windows 1928-30

Holy Rosary R. C. Church, Homewood – Façade Rose 1928-30 [only open for

special services]

15. Gorham Company, New York

Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside –N. transept 1911

Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside – Christ in the Temple, 1916 and Christ in the Carpenter Shop, 1918, in balcony; Easter Morn, N. transept, 1916

16. Ludwig Grosse [c. 1890-1898]

Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Hazelwood – Robert S. Johnston Memorial 1892

17. John Hardman & Company, Birmingham, England

St. Paul R. C. Cathedral, Oakland – 16 windows 1904/1911

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park – E. clerestory (center) Sermon on the Mount 1929

18. Healy & Millet, Chicago

Church of the Ascension, Shadyside –18 windows:  east window,  2 transept windows, 7 aisle windows,  7 quatrefoil windows in tower and north aisle, vestibule window 1898

19. Heaton, Butler & Bayne, London, England

 Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside – Façade window 1908-09; S. transept 1908; 19 nave windows 1908

20. Hunt Stained Glass Studios [est. 1906] See also Leake & Greene

Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Crafton, 1913 and after[2]

Allegheny Cemetery Temple of Memories Mausoleum, Lawrenceville 1961

21. John La Farge, Newport, R.I./New York

Frick Building, Downtown – Fortune, 1902

The Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, Pa. – Victory of Easter 1899, Contemplative Angel 1900, Prayer and Hope 1908

22. Charles R. Lamb, J. & R. Lamb Studios, New York

First Presbyterian Church, Downtown – Neville Memorial 1904

22. Leake & Greene [1889[3]-c.1906]

Henry Hunt [1889-1905]

Hawthorne Avenue Presbyterian Church, Crafton – all windows 1896

Henry Clay Frick residence, Clayton, The Frick Art & Historical Center, Point Breeze – Henry Clay Frick bathroom, Blue Guest Room bathroom 1897[4]

Thaw Memorial Reredos, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Allegheny West, North Side 1898

Aisle windows, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Allegheny West, North Side 1890s [attributed]

George Green[e] [1906-1920s]

Greenstone United Methodist Church, Avalon, Pa. – all windows in church 1906

Homewood Cemetery Chapel, Homewood – 1923

23. S. S. Marshall [est. 1873]

First Lutheran Church, Downtown c. 1888

24. Mayer & Company, Munich

Duquesne University Chapel of the Holy Spirit, The Bluff – all the windows c. 1899

St. Paul R. C. Cathedral, Oakland – 13 windows 1904

25. Robert McCausland, Toronto, Canada

Third Presbyterian Church, Shadyside – The Empty Tomb 1902

26. A[ngelo]. Leo[pardo] Pitassi

St. Agnes R. C. Church windows by George W. Sotter and Leo Pitassi,

now St. Agnes Center at Carlow University, Oakland – 1917

St. Stephen R. C. Church, Hazelwood[5] – after 1925

St. Anselm R. C. Church, Swissvale[6] – 1930s-50s (closed)

St. Bernard R. C. Church, Mt. Lebanon, Clairvaux Hall and convent chapel windows – c. 1934

27. Pittsburgh Stained Glass Company[7]

Greenstone United Methodist Church, Avalon, Pa. – windows in Sunday School 1905

[Pittsburgh Stained Glass Studio (est. 1904 as Pittsburgh Art Glass Company), see Howard G. Wilbert]

28. James Powell & Sons, London

St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park – E. clerestory (center) 1929

29. Reynolds, Frances & Rohnstock, Boston

Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside – S. nave clerestory windows St. James and St. James Minor 1924

East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty – façade window; two windows in chapel 1935

30. Rudy Brothers Company [est. 1893[8]]

Christ in the Temple, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Sewickley, PA 1894

Willis F. McCook residence (now Mansions on Fifth Hotel), Shadyside c. 1907[9]

Prentice Memorial and ornamental windows in the Sunday School and narthex,  Calvary United Methodist Church, North Side  c. 1908

Vanadium Window, now at the Senator John Heinz History Center, Strip District 1912

Sarah Heinz House, East Deutschtown, North Side – 3 windows in main staircase 1915

Union Trust Building, Downtown – 1917

Shadyside Presbyterian, Shadyside – tower lantern windows date unknown

Mifflin Avenue Methodist Church, Wilkinsburg, Pa. – all the windows 1924

31. Lawrence B. Saint

Rose window,[10] SS Peter and Paul R. C. Church, East Liberty 1910 [closed]

32. Herman T. Schladermundt, New York

Congregation Rodef Sholem – Twelve Tribes transept windows; skylight; narthex widows 1908

33. Henry E. Sharp, New York

Trinity Cathedral, Downtown – all windows except aisle windows c. 1872

34. Oliver Smith, New York

East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty – W. transept window depicting religious life in the early colonies 1935

35. George W. Sotter and Alice B. Sotter

Church of the Epiphany, Downtown, ornamental windows 1910[11]

Synod Hall, Oakland, all windows 1914-15

St. Agnes (now St. Agnes Center at Carlow University), Oakland, aisle windows 1917-18

St. Paul of the Cross Monastery, South Side Slopes, Rose window, installed 1919

St. Canice additions 1927; 1932 (closed); some of these windows have been installed in St. Paul’s Cathedral handicapped accessible entrance and in St. John Vianney Parish narthex)

Sacred Heart Parish, Shadyside – all windows 1930-54

36. Leo Thomas for George Boos, Munich, Germany

St. John Vianney Parish, Allentown (formerly St. George’s R. C. Church) – Two sanctuary windows portray sacrifice. Three Rose windows. Clerestory 12 apostles, 12 Nave windows—The Nativity, The Epiphany, The Presentation, The Finding of Jesus in the Temple, The Holy Family in Nazareth, St. Stephen, St. George, The Wedding Feast at Cana, Jesus and Children, Palm Sunday, The Agony in the Garden, “Tu Es Petrus,” Lower transept—9 saints of the Roman Catholic church 1912

St. Paul’s R. C. Church, Butler, Pa – Chancel window, N. and S. transepts, clerestory windows, aisle windows, Façade—St. Paul Preaching 1911-12.

37. Tiffany Glass Company [1885-1892]; Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company [1892-1902]; Tiffany Studios [1902-32], New York

Unidentified artists:

Buhl Hall of Science, Chatham University, Shadyside – Alumnae Window 1889

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Allegheny West, North Side – Hay Memorial 1890

Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside – The Nativity 1890

Third Presbyterian Church, Shadyside – The Saints, Two Angels, Jesus and Nicodemus, The Shepherd of Bethlehem, c. 1903

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park – Christ Blessing Little Children 1906

The Presbyterian Church, Sewickley – The Good Shepherd, Madonna and Child, Good Samaritan, St. Cecilia, St. Peter, Paul Preaching at Athens, Faith, Hope Charity, c. 1899-1909

St. Stephen Episcopal Church, Sewickley – Young Memorial, date unknown.

Edward Peck Sperry

Calvary United Methodist Church, Allegheny West, North Side – The Ascension, The Resurrection, The Apocalypse 1893-95

First United Methodist Church, Bloomfield – façade Sermon on the Mount 1894

Frederick Wilson

First Lutheran Church, Downtown – The Good Shepherd, 1898

Third Presbyterian Church, Shadyside – Abraham and Isaac, c. 1903

First Presbyterian, Downtown – 13 nave windows 1905

38. Mary Elizabeth Tillinghast, New York

Allegheny Observatory, Observatory Hill, North Side – Urania 1903

39. Tyrolese Art Glass Company, Innsbruck, Austria

St. Augustine R. C. Church, Lawrenceville – number of windows not determined 1899

Grand Hall of the Priory (formerly St. Mary’s R. C. Church), East Deutschtown, North Side – all the windows 1912

40. Ludwig Von Gerichten, Columbus, Ohio

Church of the Epiphany, Downtown, figural windows 1903

Smithfield United Church, Downtown, all windows in church proper c. 1930s

41. Henry Wynd Young, New York

East Liberty Presbyterian Church Chapel c. 1922[12]

42. Howard Gilman Wilbert, Pittsburgh Stained Glass Studio

Church of the Ascension – St. George, 1918, war memorial, one of eight clerestory windows (the other seven are by George Hunt of Hunt Studios, 1962-64)

East Liberty Presbyterian Church – Aisle windows 1935; Wayfarer’s Chapel windows 1935

Church of Redeemer, Squirrel Hill – all windows 1939-62

The Presbyterian Church, Sewickley – Christian Praise 1944

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park – clerestory windows 1961

43. Willet Stained Glass Company [1899-1909]; Willet Stained Glass & Decorating Company [1909-1913][13]  See also Ludwig Grosse.

Congregation Rodef Shalom, Shadyside – Charity, Moses Interceding for His People, and Mercy and Judgment (all 1901); Ruth and Naomi 1903

First United Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, Pa., transept windows c. 1901

Third Presbyterian Church, Shadyside – The New Jerusalem, 1903, The Ten Bridesmaids, 1902, ornamental windows in the church 1903; temporary windows in the chapel, 1903

First Presbyterian Church, Downtown – north façade window 1904-05

St. Paul R. C. Cathedral, Oakland – 45 windows 1904-05

Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside – chancel window 1907, lady chapel window 1908, N. aisle window, The Greatest in the Kingdom 1908

Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Crafton, Pa. – chancel window 1908, aisle window The Presentation 1908

44. Henry Lee Willet Studio [1930-34]; The Willet Studios, Philadelphia [1913 – present]

East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty – American Presbyterian History, E. transept; six windows in Session Room, 1935

Allegheny Cemetery Temple of Memories Mausoleum, Lawrenceville – 1961

Holy Rosary R. C. Church, Homewood [only open for special services]

45. J. Wippell and Company, Exeter, England

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park – W. clerestory (center) 1959

46. R. Toland Wright, Cleveland

First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Shadyside – chancel 1927

Waverly Presbyterian Church, Point Breeze– all the windows 1930

47. Franz Xavier Zettler, Munich

St. Stanislaus R. C. Church, Strip District –all the windows 1892

 GLASS SITES

 

METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH

1. Allegheny Cemetery Temple of Memories, Lawrenceville

4715 Penn Avenue Entrance

Monday – Saturday, 10-4; Sunday 12-4

www.alleghenycemetery.com

2. Allegheny Observatory, North Side

159 Riverview Avenue, 15214

412-321-2400

www.pitt.edu/~aobsvtry/

3. Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside

315 Shady Avenue, 15206

412-661-0120

www.calvarypgh.org

4. Calvary United Methodist Church, Allegheny West

971 Beech Avenue, 15233

Church open M,W, F, 10-2.  Call 412-231-1070

5. Buhl Hall of Science, Chatham University, Shadyside  

5700 West Woodland Road, 15232

412-365-1100

6. Church of the Ascension, Shadyside

4729 Ellsworth Avenue, 15213

412-621-4361

www.ascensionpittsburgh.org/

Rolf Achilles, Art Institute of Chicago and Smith Glass Museum, called the Healy & Millet windows “their finest work that I have seen.”

7. Church of the Epiphany, Downtown

184 Washington Place, 15219

412-471-0257

http://epiphanychurch.net

8. Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill

5700 Forbes Avenue 15217

412-422-7100

www.redeemerpittsburgh.org/

9. “Clayton,” Henry Clay Frick Estate, Frick Art & Historical Center, Point Breeze

Penn Avenue at South Homewood Avenue

Tuesday-Sunday 10-5; tours of “Clayton” 10-5; for tour fees and reservations 412-371-0600.

www.thefrickpittsburgh.org

10. Duquesne University Chapel of the Holy Spirit, The Bluff

Administrative Assistant, 412-396-6020

www.duq.edu/conference-services/campus-resources/chapel.cfm

11. East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty

116 South Highland Avenue, 15206; Pam Kimmel 412-441-3800, ext. 18

www.cathedralofhope.org/

12. Edgewood Presbyterian Church, Edgewood, PA

120 East Swissvale Avenue, Edgewood, PA 15218

412-241-4613

13. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Allegheny West, North Side

957 West North Avenue, 15233

412-231-0454—leave a message for the vicar

14. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Hazelwood

Second and Johnson Avenues,  15207

412-421-8497

www.goodshepherdhazelwood.org/

15. Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Crafton, PA

33 Alice Street, 15205

412-921-4103

www.nativitycrafton.org/

16. Frick Building, Downtown

437 Grant Street

Open Monday – Friday 9-5; closed Saturday and Sunday • No photographing allowed

17. First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, Oakland

159 North Bellefield Street, 15213

412-621-0500

www.first-baptist-pittsburgh.org/

18. First English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Downtown

615 Grant Street, 15219

412-471-8125

flc@flcpittsburgh.org

19. First Presbyterian Church, Downtown

320 Sixth Avenue, 15222

412-471-3436

www.fpcp.org/

20. First United Methodist Church, Bloomfield

5401 Centre Avenue, 15232

412-681-4222

www.firstumcpittsburgh.org/

21. First United Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, PA

457 Lincoln Avenue, 15202

412-761-2367

22. Grand Hall of the Priory, East Deutschtown

614 Pressley Street, 15212

412-231-3338

www.thepriory.com/

23. Greenstone United Methodist Church, Avalon, PA

939 California Avenue, 15202

412-761-3221

24. Hawthorne Avenue Presbyterian Church, Crafton, PA

90 Hawthorne Avenue, 15205

412-921-2504

www.hawthornechurch.org/

Heinz Memorial Chapel, See University of Pittsburgh

25. Willis F. McCook residence (now Mansions on Fifth Hotel), Shadyside

5105 Fifth Avenue, 15232

Sunday Brunch; Oak Room opens at 4 p.m. daily. For reservations call 412-381-5105

www.mansionsonfifth.com

26. Miffin Avenue Methodist Church, Wilkinsburg, PA

905 Mifflin Avenue,15221

412-731-2511

http://mifflinave.org/

27. Riverview United Presbyterian Church, Observatory Hill

3505 Perrysville Avenue, 15314

412-321-7300

28. Rodef Shalom, Shadyside

4905 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA  15213

412-621-6566

http://rodefshalom.org/

29. Sacred Heart R. C. Church, Shadyside

210 Shady Avenue, 15206

412-661-0187

www.sacredheartpittsburgh.com/

30. St. Agnes Center at Carlow University, Oakland

Fifth Avenue at Robinson Street

General University number:  412-578-6000

31. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park

5801 Hampton Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15206

412-661-1245

www.standrewspgh.org/

32. St. Augustine R. C. Church (now Our Lady of the Angels Parish), Lawrenceville

225 37th Street

412-682-0929

33. St. Bernard R. C. Church, Mt. Lebanon, PA

311 Washington Road, 15216

412-561-3300

www.stbernardchurch.com/

34. St. James R. C. Church, Wilkinsburg, PA

718 Franklin Street, 15221

412-241-1318

www.stjameswilkinsburg.org

The largest set of Wright Goodhue windows anywhere.

35. St. John Vianney Parish (St George’s Church), Allentown

225 Allen Avenue, 15210

Parish Administrator – 412-381-8300

www.sjvpgh.org/

36. St. Paul Cathedral, Oakland

Fifth Avenue at Craig Street, 15213

412-621-4951

www.catholic-church.org/st.paulcathedralpgh/

37. St. Paul of the Cross Monastery, South Side Slopes

148 Monastery Avenue, 15203

412-381-1189

www.stpaulofthecrossmonastery.com/

38. St. Stanislaus R. C. Church (St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish), Strip District

Twenty-First and Smallman Streets

412-471-4767

www.saintsinthestrip.org/

39. St. Stephen R. C. Church, Hazelwood

5115 2nd Avenue, 15207

412-421-9210

www.ststephen-hazelwood.org/

40. Sarah Heinz House, East Deutschtown

East Ohio and Heinz Streets

Pittsburgh, PA  15212

412-231-2377

www.sarahheinzhouse.org/

41. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside

5121 Westminster Place, 15213

412-682-4300

www.shadysidepres.org/

42. Smithfield United Church, Downtown

620 Smithfield Street, 15222

412-281-1811

www.smithfieldchurch.org/

43. Third Presbyterian Church, Shadyside

5701 Fifth Avenue, 15232

412-661-4710

www.thirdchurch.org/

44. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Downtown

328 Sixth Avenue, 15222

412-232-6404

www.trinitycathedralpgh.org/

45. Union Trust Building, Downtown

501 Grant Street, 15219

Open Monday-Friday 9-5; closed Saturday and Sunday

University of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Observatory, see Allegheny Observatory

University of Pittsburgh, Cathedral of Learning Campus, Oakland

46. Stephen Foster Memorial Museum

4301 Forbes Avenue, 15260

Monday – Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (self-guided tours are free)

412-624-410

47. Heinz Memorial Chapel, University of Pittsburgh, Oakland

Bellefield Avenue near Fifth Avenue, 15260

412-624-4157

www.heinzchapel.pitt.edu/

48. Cathedral of Learning

4200 Fifth Avenue

Commons Room: often open.

Nationality Room hours: Monday – Saturday, 9:00  a.m. – 2:30 p.m.;  Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

 49. Urban League of Pittsburgh Charter School, East Liberty

(formerly Congregation B’Nai Israel) 327 North Negley Avenue. Contact the Urban League’s main downtown office at 412-227-4802

www.ulpgh.org/

 50. Waverly Presbyterian Church, Point Breeze

590 South Braddock Avenue, 15221

412-242-0643

www.waverlychurch.org

SEWICKLEY, PA (12 miles northwest of Pittsburgh)

51. The Presbyterian Church, Sewickley

414 Grant Street, Sewickley, PA 15143

412-741-4550. The office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

www.sewickleypresby.org/

52. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

405 Frederick Avenue, Sewickley, PA 15143

412-741-1790

www.ststephenschurch.net/

BUTLER, PA (30 miles north of Pittsburgh)

53. St. Paul’s R. C. Church

128 North McKean Street, Butler, PA 16001

724-287-1759

www.stpaulbutler.org/

GREENSBURG, PA (30 miles east of Pittsburgh)

54. First Presbyterian Church

300 South Main Street

724-832-0150

www.fpcgreensburg.com


LATROBE, PA (40 miles east of Pittsburgh)

55. Holy Family R. C. Church

1200 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA  15650

724-539-9751

www.holyfamilylatrobe.org/

The largest extant set of Harry E. Goodhue windows anywhere.

© Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation 2012

[1] Also windows by Wilbur H. Burnham, Sr., Howard Gilman Wilbert, Nicola D’Ascenzo, G. Gerald Reeke, Departo Studio, and an unidentified studio 1929-1964.

[2] The church has windows by Henry Hunt, his daughter and sons, and most recently Nick Parrendo. Windows by George Hunt are at Church of the Ascension, Shadyside, and aisle windows (1968) by Nick Parrendo are at Trinity Cathedral, Downtown, and chancel windows at St. John Vianney Parish, Allentown.

[3] Established in Boston in 1889, the firm moved to Pittsburgh in 1890, returned to Boston 1891-92, and moved back to Pittsburgh in 1893.  Henry Hunt was the firm’s glazer.

[4] Invoice from Alden & Harlow to Henry Clay Frick, December 7, 1897:  “Conservatory, Three Bathrooms Etc. at Penn and Homewood Aves.  Five per cent on the following payments:  Leake & Greene   $280.00.”  Helen Clay Frick Foundation/Henry Clay Frick Papers, Frick Art Reference Library, New York City.

[5] Listed in Stained Glass (Winter 1947), 126. Church designed by F. C. Sauer and erected 1902; rebuilt after a fire in 1925 by A. F. Link & Associates.  See Pittsburgh Catholic 17 December 1925; 24 December 1925.

[6] The building was dedicated July 19, 1925.  See Pittsburgh Catholic 23 July 1925. According to The Windows of St. Anselm’s Church (1993) the stained glass windows were made and installed 1930s through 1950s; Pitassi designed and made 10 nave windows; the clerestory windows were completed by Louise Pitassi Ellis. The church closed in 1994.

[7] Founded in 1904 as successor to Conroy, Pugh & Company; Charles Connick worked for Conroy, Pugh & Company in 1903 and for Pittsburgh Stained Glass Company in 1904. George Sotter was art director of Pittsburgh Stained Glass Company in 1907.

[8] A small collection of Rudy Brothers Company records, many previously held by the James Michener Museum, are at the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.

[9] Charles Uhl, McCook Family Estate, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, “Stained glass is used extensively . . . with great artistic effect. Documentation of the stained glass has not been discovered. By the details, design, color, composition, and construction, the work is attributed to Pittsburgh’s Rudy Brothers Company,” Section 7, page 11 (2011).

[10] Illustrated in Joan Gaul, ‘Pittsburgh 1893-1912: five artists’, The Journal of Stained Glass XXVIII (2004), 58.

[11] Earlier windows fabricated and installed in 1903 (in place by July 23, 1903) are almost certainly the work of Ludwig Von Gerichten of Cincinnati. Fr. James Garvey, “Epiphany in Uptown—100 Years” (Catholic Historical Society of W. PA, 2002) attributes these to George Sotter; if Rudy Bros. had been awarded the contract, it is likely Sotter would have been involved in their creation. However this appears to be unlikely because Von Gerichten of Columbus, Ohio, was the low bidder, and the windows are more typical of Von Gerichten than of Rudy Brothers, who did not list Epiphany among its commissions

[12] The window is obscured by drapes used in the Taizé liturgy, except during concerts held in the chapel several times a year.

[13] Several church buildings with Willet windows are closed or their status is unknown.  These include the former St. Mary’s P. E. Church, Braddock and St. Peter’s R. C. Church, McKeesport, Pa. The firm relocated to Philadelphia in 1913.  Willet Papers at the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

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