He was one of the early workers to build up the art of stai­ned glass in the United Sta­tes. When a young boy, he began to make black and white de­signs for stai­ned glass win­dows. The Great Chan­cel win­dow in the Mont­clair Con­gre­ga­tio­nal Church was de­si­gned when he was six­teen. He soon be­came a ge­nius in his work, and bet­ween the ages of eigh­teen and twenty-six, he pro­du­ced win­dows which were in­stal­led in all sec­tions of this coun­try. At the time of his death, he was pre­pa­ring de­signs for win­dows in the Ca­the­dral of St. John the Di­vine, New York. His in­spi­ra­tion and im­pulse car­ried him into the fields of pain­ting and sculp­ture in wood, where he also showed rare ta­lent. “Stai­ned Glass” ma­ga­zine de­vo­ted a me­mo­rial num­ber to his achie­ve­ments.