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
2. Allegheny Observatory, North Side
159 Riverview Avenue, 15214
412-321-2400
3. Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside
315 Shady Avenue, 15206
412-661-0120
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
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
8. Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill
5700 Forbes Avenue 15217
412-422-7100
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.
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
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
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
19. First Presbyterian Church, Downtown
320 Sixth Avenue, 15222
412-471-3436
20. First United Methodist Church, Bloomfield
5401 Centre Avenue, 15232
412-681-4222
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
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
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
26. Miffin Avenue Methodist Church, Wilkinsburg, PA
905 Mifflin Avenue,15221
412-731-2511
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
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
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
34. St. James R. C. Church, Wilkinsburg, PA
718 Franklin Street, 15221
412-241-1318
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
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
39. St. Stephen R. C. Church, Hazelwood
5115 2nd Avenue, 15207
412-421-9210
40. Sarah Heinz House, East Deutschtown
East Ohio and Heinz Streets
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412-231-2377
41. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside
5121 Westminster Place, 15213
412-682-4300
42. Smithfield United Church, Downtown
620 Smithfield Street, 15222
412-281-1811
43. Third Presbyterian Church, Shadyside
5701 Fifth Avenue, 15232
412-661-4710
44. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Downtown
328 Sixth Avenue, 15222
412-232-6404
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
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
50. Waverly Presbyterian Church, Point Breeze
590 South Braddock Avenue, 15221
412-242-0643
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.
52. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
405 Frederick Avenue, Sewickley, PA 15143
412-741-1790
BUTLER, PA (30 miles north of Pittsburgh)
53. St. Paul’s R. C. Church
128 North McKean Street, Butler, PA 16001
724-287-1759
GREENSBURG, PA (30 miles east of Pittsburgh)
54. First Presbyterian Church
300 South Main Street
724-832-0150
LATROBE, PA (40 miles east of Pittsburgh)
55. Holy Family R. C. Church
1200 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA 15650
724-539-9751
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.