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Artist Unknown

pharmacy window from Chester Woodward home

ca. 1870s-1880s

Ornate stained glass window, two women on either side. The woman on the left holds a plate of fruits and foods, and represents homeopathic and natural medicine. The woman on the right holds a caduceus, the symbol of modern and contemporary medicine. Former Library Board member Chester Woodward moved this window from Brynwood, the Brinton Woodward family home in Lawrence at 14th and Louisiana (now razed) to their Topeka home at 1272 Fillmore. This window is from the west end of the Woodward library, a 25 by 40 foot room, patterned after the library of Sir Walter Scott at Abbottsford, Scotland. A circular stairway leads to a balcony, which extends across two sides of the room. This window was like that used in English cathedrals of the Tudor period. The Woodward home is now a bed and breakfast. The window was a gift of the Woodward family to the library. It is permanently on display in the Special Collections/Genealogy Room of the Topeka Room. This is permanently installed in the building as part of the Topeka Room/Special Collections Room.