An Túr Gloine (Tower of Glass) at the Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

In 1925, the Religious of the Sacred Heart transferred their Boston school for girls to the former Tudor-Revival style estate of Loren D. Towle in Newton, Massachusetts [Fig.1]. The Boston architectural firm of Maginnis & Walsh (founded in 1898 as Maginnis, Walsh, & Sullivan) built the chap...

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In:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces,
Main Author: Raguin, Virginia
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: Interfaces 2020
Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:In 1925, the Religious of the Sacred Heart transferred their Boston school for girls to the former Tudor-Revival style estate of Loren D. Towle in Newton, Massachusetts [Fig.1]. The Boston architectural firm of Maginnis & Walsh (founded in 1898 as Maginnis, Walsh, & Sullivan) built the chapel and a four-story school wing between 1926 and 1928. Irish artists associated with the An Túr Gloine (Tower of Glass) Dublin collective produced the eight window program installed in 1929. The chapel’s i...