Description: This color image shows a stained-glass window in the Old Stone Church, Cleveland, Ohio. This window, entitled "The Recording Angel" and located on the church's east wall, was dedicated in 1885. It is the first of the church's four stained-glass windows created by the Louis Comfort Tiffany studio. The First Presbyterian Society was incorporated in the Village of Cleveland, County of Cuyahoga, in the year 1827, by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. There were 28 gentlemen who, along with their associates, constituted the Society at that time. The first church building was erected in 1834; a second, larger church constructed on the same site was dedicated in 1855. Fires in 1857 and 1884 damaged the church significantly. The 1884 fire destroyed the church's interior, which was reconstructed. The Tiffany stained-glass windows were added during this reconstruction. Stained glass is popularly displayed in the windows of churches and other significant buildings. The stained glass generally follows a theme specific to its host building. As seen in the photograph, a stained glass window showing a biblical scene is exhibited in a church. Although most artistic pieces are popularly flat-shaped and displayed as windows, modern stained glass artists are shifting away from the traditional forms by creating three-dimensional structures. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06616
Subjects: Old Stone Church (Cleveland, Ohio); Church buildings--Ohio; Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 1848-1933; Tiffany Studios (New York, N.Y.); Stained glass (visual works); Art--Conservation and restoration
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: The massive red-granite City Hall was completed in 1893 and houses all the city government office. Carved marble stairways pass beautiful stained glass windows showing scenes of Cincinnati's history. There are three sets of five each on the stair landings on the Plum Street side. The Central Avenue side has one set of three and there are seven lunettes (half moons) in the Council Chambers and in the skylights above the stairs. The New York firm of Pottier Stymus & Co made the windows. A local company, G. C. Riordan & Co, supplies seven stained glass transoms for the police gymnasium. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_046_001
Subjects: Ohio; Art; Stained glass
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Stained Glass Window at Cincinnati City Hall 1937" This stained glass window depicts three men building a log cabin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_052_001
Subjects: Stained glass windows; City halls
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows one of the stained glass windows in City Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio. The second City Hall was built on the site of the first building, which was demolished in 1888. The architect for the new building was Samuel Hannaford and the architectural style is Richardsonian Romanesque. This building is four and a half stories with a nine story clock tower. The building was included on the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1972. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_020_001
Subjects: Stained glass windows--Ohio--Cincinnati; City halls--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. Reverse reads, in part: "One of four historical stained glass windows located on the second floor of Cincinnati City Hall (Plum Street entrance), measuring approximately 5 x 12 ft., with the following inscription: Settlers arriving by river." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_013_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911; Stained glass
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. Reverse reads: "One of four stained glass windows located on the second floor of the Cincinnati City Hall (Plum Street entrance), measuring approximately 5 x 12 ft. with the following inscription: 'Building of the first log cabins --1788' Photo by Federal Writers' Photographer, District #12, Cincinnati, Ohio. June 7, 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_020_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911; Stained glass
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption on back reads: Among a number of historical stained glass windows located on the second floor of the Cincinnati City Hall (Plum Street entrance), this one measuring approximately 10x12 ft., containing the following inscription: On September the 22nd 1788, a large company of Kentuckians headed by Colonel Patterson and John Filson crossed the Ohio river and were met by Judge Symmes Israel Ludlow and Mathias Denman who came from Limestone. On what now is the landing they dedicated the city by the name of Losantiville which appropriate ceremonies- On January the 2nd 1790 Governor St. Clair arrived and made Losantiville the county town naming it Cincinnati after the newly founded society of that name. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_022_1
Subjects: City halls--United States; Stained glass windows
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Stained Glass Window at Cin City Hall" This window depicts a preacher of some kind with a group of people in front of a wooden fort. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_051_001
Subjects: Stained glass windows; City halls
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color image shows a stained-glass window in the Old Stone Church, Cleveland, Ohio. This window, entitled "The Sower" and located on the church's east wall, was dedicated in 1930. It is the first of the church's four stained-glass windows created by the Louis Comfort Tiffany studio. It also is one of two signed windows. The First Presbyterian Society was incorporated in the Village of Cleveland, County of Cuyahoga, in 1827 by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Twenty-eight gentlemen and their associates constituted the Society at that time. The first church building was erected in 1834; a second, larger church constructed on the same site was dedicated in 1855. Fires in 1857 and 1884 damaged the church significantly. The 1884 fire destroyed the church's interior, which was reconstructed. The Tiffany stained-glass windows were added during this reconstruction. Stained glass is colored glass that is often used for artistic pieces. Stain glass displayed in windows typically follows a theme in relation to the identity of its host building. As seen in the photograph, the window exhibits religious art work and was designed specially for the church. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06617
Subjects: Old Stone Church (Cleveland, Ohio); Church buildings--Ohio; Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 1848-1933; Tiffany Studios (New York, N.Y.); Stained glass (visual works); Art--Conservation and restoration
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)