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Madison, Indiana

St. Patrick’s

Chapel (Prince

of Peace Roman

Catholic Parish)

The stained glass windows date from

the construction of the church in 1910.

More information will be uncovered

in the future through further research.

Viewable from exterior.

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Stained Glass

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Madison

Presbyterian Church Madison Presbyterian Church was organized in

1815. This building, erected by the First Presbyter-

ians in Madison, was built in 1846-1847, following

a fire that destroyed their earlier sanctuary on

Main Street. In 1911, members began the discus-

sion of installing art glass windows and two years

later, the project was completed by the Indianapo-

lis Art Glass Company, Indianapolis, IN. Recent

evidence shows that prior to the installation of the

art glass windows, the existing wooden sash had

windows of square panes of glass and the upper

ventilators were of multiple panes. The windows,

Arts and Crafts in style, use opalescent and

streaky glass in colors of amber, greens, and

browns. The motifs depict stylized quatrefoils,

spires, Greek columns and fleur-de-lis designs.

The windows commemorate early members and

church leaders and one window is dedicated to

“Our Youth in Christ’s Service.”

Windows are view-

able from exterior

only.

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First Christian

Church

(Disciples of Christ) In 1989, the period stained glass windows of 1899

and the interior furnishings of the church were lost

in the second fire to occur on Christmas Eve in this

church-the fires were 100 years apart to the day.

Afterwards, in 1989, it was decided to commission

new windows with an entirely different look to the

old windows; created by a glass designer in a new-

Tiffany style. The theme they chose to portray was

the ancient Gospel in a contemporary southern Indi-

ana setting, the history of the Christian Church and

the history of the Madison congregation. A compe-

tition among four stained glass design firms result-

ed in the selection of Stephen Purdy as window de-

signer and The Fox Studios of Indianapolis, IN as

the builders of the windows. The windows are

made of opalescent glass, painted and fired up to as

many as five times. On the south wall of the church,

antique windows were installed. These panels were

found in Lebanon, OH. Viewable from exterior.

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Trinity Methodist

Trinity United Methodist is the youngest of the

Methodist churches in downtown Madison and

dates from 1872. In 1869, the trustee’s of Rob-

erts’ Chapel and St. John’s voted to unite into a

joint church named Trinity and build a new

house of worship. The first worship service at

Trinity was held on November 2, 1873. The

church was dedicated in

1874 and cost $30,606.

The stained glass windows were dedicated on

September 14, 1913 by President Harry Andrews

King of Moore’s Hill College. The windows

were created by Wm. Coulter & Sons of

Cincinnati, OH.

Windows are viewable from exterior only.

First Baptist

Church

The stained glass windows were added

in 1907 as part of the improvements to

the building for the Centennial. The

building construction was begun in 1853

and completed in 1860 at a cost of

$10,000. While little is recalled of the

construction and company responsible

for the windows, it is known that the

windows were given in honor of church

members by their relatives. The church

contains 10 windows measuring

44”x164”and 2 windows measuring 44”x

86.” In 1986 the windows were repaired

by the Louisville Stained Glass Company

from Kentucky at a

cost of $33,000.

Windows are viewable from exterior only.

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Broadway Baptist

This congregation was organized in 1849 by

the Rev. Chapman Harris and Negro busi-

nessman John Carter, two active leaders in

the Underground Railroad and trustees at the

Eleutherian Colleges. The African American

Congregation separated from First Baptist in

1849 and met on the south side of 5th St. be-

tween Mulberry and West in what became

known as St. Paul’s Second Baptist Church.

That building was torn down in the 1990s.

Broadway Baptist is still an active congrega-

tion. The stained glass windows were do-

nated by Mildred Kiah, a retired teacher from

Maryland, in the 1950s.

Windows are viewable from exterior only.

Windows in the

Residential and

Commercial

District A variety of art and leaded glass windows can

also be found in the businesses and homes on

and around Main Street in downtown Madi-

son’s 133 block National Historic Landmark

District. Within this zone, a rare intact collec-

tion of early 19th Century Architecture may be

found including examples of Federal, Greek

Revival and Italianate buildings, many of which

retain original art glass front doors, sidelights,

and transoms dating from the mid to late 19th

Century.

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Prince of Peace

Roman Catholic

Church Prince of Peace Church was founded as St.

Mary’s, the Church on 2nd Street between East

and Walnut Streets in 1850-51 by Father Anthony

Carius and the German speaking Catholics. The

structure was enlarged to its present size in 1869.

After 1883 the clear glass windows were replaced

with cathedral, transparent glass windows at this

time. In 1993, the local Catholic parishes of St.

Mary’s, St. Michael’s, St. Patrick’s (on the hilltop)

and China (in the country) were consolidated

into Prince of Peace Parish and worship contin-

ues at the former German Catholic St. Mary’s.

Windows are viewable from exterior only

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St. John’s

United Church

of Christ St. John’s United Church of Christ is a Greek

Revival Structure that was constructed in 1850

as St. John’s Methodist Church. It was pur-

chased by the Congregational Church in 1872

for $2500. The Congregational Church was or-

ganized in 1840 and received its state charter on

Jan. 31, 1842. It was formed by German immi-

grants of Evangelical, Lutheran and Reformed

backgrounds, who have continued worshiping

here since 1872. Until 1916 all services were

conducted in German. The Notable WWII Gen-

eral, Walter Krueger, lived in the parsonage on

the other side of Main Street as a boy on 320

East Street. He attended school at Eggleston-

Upper Seminary, where they laughed at him for

speaking German. The red in the stained glass

windows below represents Christ’s redemptive

death for humanity, the blue represents the Vir-

gin Mary, and the green

represents the Earth.

The 12 diamond shapes

in each window repre-

sent the 12 tribes of Isra-

el in the Old Testament

and the 12 Apostles in

the New Testament.

Windows are viewable

from exterior only.

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Christ Church

(Episcopal) This Gothic Revival Structure, designed by architect W. Russell West, of Columbus, Ohio, was built between 1848-1850. The stained glass windows were made and in-stalled by the Henry Hannen Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The vestry rejected the three lancet windows he designed for aes-thetic reasons, and hired I.C. and D.S. Miller Company of Cincinnati, Ohio to make new lancet windows. Today, some windows re-main that are suspected or attributed to Hen-ry Hannon in 1849. The left and right lancets are from the Wardell Art Glass Studio, Auro-ra, Illinois, 2000.

After rejecting the

original windows above the altar, the new windows were made within seven weeks for installation on October 24, 1850 at a total cost of

$197.50. By 1870 many of the Hannen win-dows were nearing collapse, then replaced and named by members of the congregation over the next twenty years. In 1997, a ten year project was completed to restore the windows by the parish with the assistance of Wardell Art Glass Studio in Aurora, Illinois, John and Evelina Clark, and Jean Farns-worth. These windows show exquisite exam-ples of some of the oldest American made stained glass windows still in their original setting. Windows are viewable from exterior only.

St. Michael

the Archangel

The church, which dates from 1837-1839, orig-

inally had clear glass windows with wood di-

vided muntins. The art and painted glass

windows were installed in the late 1890s with

the exception of the “Emmaus Window” c.

1910 located over the Main

Altar, created at the Royal

Art Institute of Munich,

Bavaria and was a gift of

Miss Ella Gallager and

Katie Mullen. This win-

dow is a true stained glass

and painted piece and is

dated and signed in the

right hand corner.

The remaining fourteen

windows tell a story of

their own through the use

of symbols and symbol-

ism. Some of the symbols

incorporated into the win-

dows include colors repre-

senting Christian Values

and flowers showing the

beauty of God and the res-

urrection of Jesus Christ, as well as other

Christian Icons and meanings.

Viewable by appointment.

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