Virtual Reward - The Big Day! Virtual Cache
Virtual Reward - The Big Day!
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On April 14th, 2018, my fiance and I became husband and wife. St. Helen's Chapel is open 24/7. However, please be respectful of any services that may be in session. Services are usually held on Sundays at 9:00 am.
Now for a little history lesson.Originally called the Union Chapel, the New Lenox Episcopal Church was completed in 1893. Later called St. Helena’s, it was donated by John E. Parsons in honor of his daughter, Helen Reed Parsons.
Mr. Rathbun is referenced as the architect in a Pittsfield Sun article. Mr. Rathbun was also thought to be the architect of the Church on the Hill Chapel on Main St.
In the then thinly settled New Lenox, the chapel’s use was highly ecumenical with Rev. Grosvenor conducting services two Sundays a month, the Methodists on another and the Baptists on a fourth.
St. Helena’s remained a part of Trinity Church until 1980 when it was established as a separate parish. The two churches have just completed an agreement (2016) to share services.
Making this beautiful little chappel even more amazing is the fact that the stained glass windows are made with Tiffany glass. Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios in New York, by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a team of other designers, including Frederick Wilson and Clara Driscoll.
In 1865, Tiffany traveled to Europe, and in London he visited the Victoria and Albert Museum, whose extensive collection of Roman and Syrian glass made a deep impression on him. He admired the coloration of medieval glass and was convinced that the quality of contemporary glass could be improved upon. In his own words, the "Rich tones are due in part to the use of pot metal full of impurities, and in part to the uneven thickness of the glass, but still more because the glass maker of that day abstained from the use of paint".
Tiffany was an interior designer, and in 1878 his interest turned towards the creation of stained glass, when he opened his own studio and glass foundry because he was unable to find the types of glass that he desired in interior decoration. His inventiveness both as a designer of windows and as a producer of the material with which to create them was to become renowned. Tiffany wanted the glass itself to transmit texture and rich colors and he developed a type of glass he called "Favrile".
The glass was manufactured at the Tiffany factory located at 96-18 43rd Avenue in the Corona section of Queens from 1901 to 1932.
In order to claim this cache you must send the answers to the following questions to the cache owner:
1. How many stained glass windows are on St. Helena's Chapel?
2. On the East side of the chapel are three stained glass windows. These are best viewed from inside the chapel. The center window has a crown on it. What object is depicted on the window to the left (as viewed from inside) of it? If viewed from outside it will be the window on the right.
3. Optional: Please post a photograph of yourself at St. Helena's.
Virtual Reward - 2017/2018This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog.
Additional Hints
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2. Tb vafvqr vg'f bcra 24/7!