Tiffany Windows Focus of Library Talk

The spectacular series of Tiffany stained-glass windows will be the focus of a talk at the Abbot Library in Marblehead on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m.

There are forty-one Tiffany windows in St. Stephen’s Memorial Episcopal Church in Lynn, built in 1881. This illustrated presentation will tell the story of the donor of St Stephen’s, Enoch Redington Mudge, and his son and daughter in whose memory the church was built.

Mudge was a wealthy Boston businessman whose summer home was in Swampscott. His son, Lt. Col. Charles Mudge, died at Gettysburg, and is buried along with Charles’ sister Fannie and their parents in the Garth of the church.

The many beautiful facets of the building will be discussed and then photographs of the building and Tiffany windows will be elaborated on. The windows are perhaps the oldest ecclesiastical Tiffany windows in the world. The different types of glass and how they were created and incorporated into the windows will be discussed. The photographs were taken by Marilyn and Rick Cloran, award winning photographers from Swampscott.

Contributors to the presentation will be Irene Axelrod, assistant historian, Chris Trahan,historian, and Marilyn and Rick Cloran, photographers, all from St. Stephen’s Church.

After learning the story of St. Stephen’s and its interior decoration, on September 16th, take a tour of the windows and interior of the Church., at the Essex County’s Sails and Trails event on September 19th. For more information, visit: http://www.essexheritage.org/ts/event/tiffany-stained-glass-windows-tour.

The Abbot Public Library is located at 235 Pleasant Street in Marblehead.

For additional information, please call 781-631-1481 or visit www.abbotlibrary.org.