Tiffany’s Chapel

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Designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany and his newly-founded Tiffany’s Glass and Decorating Company, the chapel was inspired by Byzantine religious designs with reflective surfaces everywhere.

On either side of a white marble and glass altar stood three gold arches, each supported by green marble columns. Above stood a glass mosaic of two peacocks beneath a crown.

From the ceiling hung a vast chandelier of emerald glass orbs and an electrically-lit ten by eight foot cross.

General Electric, backed by J.P. Morgan and Edison’s direct current, lost the bid to power the building to Westinghouse, backed by Tesla and his more efficient alternating current electricity. In response, General Electric and Edison prohibited the use of their bulbs to light the building. This prompted Westinghouse and Tesla to design their own—a double-stopper bulb to illuminate the Electricity Building and its attractions.