1854/00/00 |
Niernsee and Neilson |
Architect |
Emmanuel Episcopal Church is finished in the Italianate style with a Tuscan bell tower, lancet windows and a vibrantly painted interior. The $52,000 cost was covered by pew rentals and the generosity of Henry Bash. Only the exterior remains the same. |
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1854/10/15 |
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The first service is held at Emmanuel Church, a daughter parish of Christ Church, Baltimore. |
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1900/00/00 |
Wallis Simpson |
Faith |
Bessie Wallis Warfield is baptized, probably, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. |
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1905/11/25 |
Thomas Leiper Patterson |
In Memoriam |
The funeral for Thomas Leiper Patterson at Emmanuel Episcopal Church is largely attend, despite inclement weather. The rector, Rev Edward M Jefferys is assisted during the service by Rev Frederick B Howden of Georgetown, DC, a former rector of Emmanuel. |
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1912/00/00 |
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When called to Emmanuel, the Rev Dr Hugh Birckhead spearheads an extensive renovation. Master carver Johann Kirchmayer will create the stone and wood carving on the interior and exterior of the buildings. |
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1913/00/00 |
Woldemar Ritter |
Architect |
The roof and floor of Emmanuel Episcopal's chancel are raised, creating the Dr Eccleston chapel underneath, space for the organ console and the English choir configuration. |
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1914/00/00 |
Hans Schuler |
Sculptor |
Emmanuel Episcopal's chancel is dedicated as a memorial to Dr Eccleston, A bronze bas relief of Dr Eccleston, based on his death mask, by Baltimore sculptor Hans Schuler is installed on the south wall. |
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1915/00/00 |
C E Kempe and Company |
Artisan |
Crafted by C E Kempe and Company Ltd of London, the Great East Window, showing the fathers of the church, what is known as the Tree of the Church, is dedicated on Sexagesima Sunday. |
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1915/00/00 |
Henry Vaughan |
Architect |
Designed by Henry Vaughan, an Indiana limestone altar is installed at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. |
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1918/12/01 |
Woldemar Ritter |
Architect |
Designed by Woldemar Ritter and carved by Johann Kirchmayer, the reredos, the carved panel over the altar, is dedicated. |
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1920/00/00 |
John LaFarge stained glass studio |
Artisan |
Stained glass window showing St John baptizing Jesus in the river Jordan, flanked by two royal blue windows with cruciform Biblical quotations in yellow glass, by John La Farge, are installed at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. |
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1920/00/00 |
Louis Comfort Tiffany |
Artisan |
Over the years, donors donated to convert the plain glass windows into memorials of leaded stained glass. Four of the windows are by Tiffany and Company, one is from Gorham in New York, and the balance are by English firms. |
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1920/00/00 |
Daniel Chester French |
Sculptor |
A kneeling angel holding the baptismal bowl carved by the American sculptor Daniel Chester French resides in the baptistry at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. |
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1920/06/27 |
Woldemar Ritter |
Architect |
The Christmas Tower is dedicated as a memorial to Ida Perry Black, who died and left a substantial legacy to Emmanuel on Christmas Day. The tower features carved angelic musicians, the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus and the three 14 ft tall Magi. |
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1920/11/11 |
C E Kempe and Company |
Artisan |
Designed by Woldemar Ritter, the Peace Chapel is dedicated to mark the two-year anniversary of the end of the Great World War. Original the vesting room for the priest, the chapel contains a 15th century style medallion window by C E Kempe Ltd. |
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1930/00/00 |
John J Pershing |
Attendant |
General John Pershing serves as Lt Col George C Marshall's best man when he weds Katherine Tupper Brown in the Dr Eccleston Chapel, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore. |
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Marriage of Katherine T Brown and George C Marshall |
1930/00/00 |
George C Marshall |
Groom |
Katherine Tupper Brown marries Lieutenant Colonel George Catlett Marshall in the Dr Eccleston Chapel, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore. |
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Marriage of Katherine T Brown and George C Marshall |