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 One of seven
that depict the events in Christ's life on
stained glass windows in the church, this window shows "Christ Teaching
in the Temple" and is located east of the entrance to the nave, on the
north wall. The window is 32" wide and 67" high. It was given to
Christ Church as a Memorial to Captain and Mrs. Denison Butler Baldwin by the family
and is inscribed,
"In
loving memory of Captain and Mrs. D.B. Baldwin"
Captain Baldwin's full name was
revealed in an email to the Christ Church webmaster on January 27, 2000, by
his great-great grandson, James E. Baldwin of Fairborn, Ohio. Mrs.
Brookins (Charlotte) Taylor is the great-great granddaughter of Captain and
Mrs. Baldwin. Baldwin's great
grandson, James H. Baldwin (Jim's father), has also been in touch with us
via email from Coalinga, California. James H. Baldwin's only brother,
Dennison Burns Baldwin, lives in Glendale, California.
The
stained glass windows at Christ Episcopal Church were installed when the
present church was built in 1920-1921 after a devastating fire on Christmas day,
1919. The fire destroyed the original wooden church that had been completed
on November 23, 1890. The new church was completed and dedicated on October
23, 1921, by Episcopal Bishop W. L. Gravatt, with clergy E. W. Hughes of
Graham (now Bluefield, VA) and Rector Jennings Wise Hobson, who served Christ
Church for thirty-three years from 1916 until 1949, assisting.
The windows in the nave of
Christ Church are of the Munich style, or “Munich School.” These windows
were created by Jacoby Art Glass Company of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1920.
Jacoby later created the narthex (front hallway) windows and the window in our
children’s chapel in 1958.
Click here to learn more about
these windows, the "Munich"
style, and Jacoby Art Glass Company.
These nave windows are
unequalled in our area. They bathe the nave of the church in color and
illustrate the life of Christ to those venturing into this hallowed space. The
classic Gothic architectural style of Christ Episcopal Church symbolizes the
Anglican origins of the Episcopal Church in the USA
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