Collection The First Ladies
Biographies & Portraits
Stained glass window at St. John's Church
- Photographer
- Bruce M. White
- Medium
- photo
- Credit
- Bruce M. White for The White House Historical Association
Stained glass window at St. John's Church
The stained glass window at Saint John’s Church depicting the Resurrection was created as a memorial to Ellen Herndon Arthur. At the request of her husband, President Chester A. Arthur, the window was placed at the south transept of the church so that he could see it at night from the White House.
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