Our Stained Glass Windows

Saint Mark United Methodist Church is very fortunate and blessed to have an outstanding collection of historical stained glass windows, the earliest of which is a century old. All of the windows were all made in the 20th century but represent three different types of glasswork done at three periods in the history of stained glass artistry. The four rose windows in the sanctuary, two windows in the cloak room under the northwest tower, and three arched windows above sets of double doors between the narthex and the sanctuary are examples of American opalescent glass. 

The twelve pictorial windows in the South and North walls of the sanctuary of Saint Mark Church were designed and executed by Franz Mayer and Co. of Munich, Germany. The earliest windows were installed in 1909 and the last in 1959. The Mayer firm is one of the world’s foremost creators of finest quality stained glass. The chancel and nave windows of the Frances Winship Walters Chapel were designed and executed by the noted studios of Henry Willet of Philadelphia, using hand-blown pot-metal glass. All of the color is in the glass itself, no enamels being used. The painted features and ornaments are burned into the glass, conforming to the medieval practice.