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10 Tiffany techniques present in St. George’s Windows
Opalescent Glass – fusing of colors From “Angel of Victory” Opalescent glass is a generalized term for clear and semi-opaque pressed glass, cloudy, marbled, and sometimes accented with subtle coloring all combining to form a milky opalescence in the glass. This opalescence is also created in the glassmaking by alternating heating and cooling of the … Read more
Louis Comfort Tiffany
St. George’s has three Tiffany windows though one is a double window with two distinct scenes, one below the gallery level and the other at gallery level. All were installed in the Church during the years 1912-1917. Tiffany’s significance in art was that he was the creator of an American glass. Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) … Read more
Phillips Brooks at St. George’s 1859
It is appropriate that when we re-hung the plaques after the renovation the Phillips Brooks plaque was moved from the back wall of the Church to the front next to the pulpit. From the time he preached at St. George’s in July, 1859 until his premature death in 1893 at age 57 Phillips Brooks … Read more
Getting Started in St. George's History - 6 essential resources
Selections from several categories of our history.
McGuire served all 3 churches over the course of 45 years. He is probably the most influential of all our rectors in all phases of ministry from preaching, teaching, and outreach. Trip Wiggins, our archivist, wrote this for a Sunday school class and has been teaching classes for years
6. Tom Faulkner confronts the Vestry on race
Faulkner served St. George's for 30 years from 1946-1976. During these years racial policies were paramount, especially 1954, in the year of Brown vs. Board of Education, Faulkner was challenged by the Vestry on the role of Blacks in our service. He was able to move St. George's toward racial justice that other rectors would further
