St. Columba Episcopal Church, established in 1955 and occupying this building since 1960, installed nineteen dalle de verre, or faceted stained glass windows between 1977 and 1982. This technique uses thick pieces of colored glass bound together with a cement or epoxy mixture. French artist Auguste Labouret is credited with creating the first dalle de verre windows in the 1930s, and one of his first panels, “The Magi,” was displayed at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Studios in the United States began manufacturing dalle de verre windows in the 1940s, and faceted glass became popular afterward. Like medieval stained glass, dalle de verre windows produce stunning visual effects, but their technique precludes detailed and realistic images and instead lends itself to bold, more abstract treatments. At St. Columba, the windows offer a symbolic and impressionistic portrayal of the Seven Days of Creation and the life of Christ, including a window of the Irish missionary St. Columba and another depicting the Loch Ness Monster that, according to legend, he prevented from devouring a swimmer.