Isaac Pursell

Isaac Pursell (June 1853 – August 9, 1910) was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based architect.

Isaac Pursell
Born	1853 Trenton, New Jersey
Died	August 9, 1910 Wenonah, New Jersey
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	St. John's Episcopal Church, Charleston, West Virginia

He was born at Trenton, New Jersey in 1853 and attended public schools. He received architectural training in the Philadelphia offices of Samuel Sloan. He was a prolific designer of churches located in the eastern United States. Many of his church designs reflect the English Gothic Revival style. In Philadelphia, he designed the Christ Reformed Church at Chester and 43rd Street; St. Matthews' Lutheran; St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal; The Calvary Methodist in Germantown (1892); St. Paul's Presbyterian; Moravian Church of the Holy Trinity (1879); Bethany Tabernacle, and Christ Protestant Episcopal.[1]

He died at his home in Wenonah, New Jersey on August 9, 1910, and is buried in Wenonah Cemetery.[2][3]

Selected works

• 1883: Tygarts Valley Church, Huttonsville, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[4]
• 1887: Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Snow Hill, Maryland, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[4]
• 1890: St. John's Episcopal Church (Charleston, West Virginia), Charleston, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[4]
• 1896: Third Presbyterian Church, Chester, Pennsylvania[5]
• 1911: Hill Crest Community Center, Clinton, Indiana, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[4]
• Also designed Christ Memorial Church (1887) at 4233-4257 Chestnut Street in the West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[4]

Gallery

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  Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church
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  St Johns Episcopal
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  Third Presbyterian Church, Chester Pennsylvania
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  Hill Crest Community Center

References

1. Pamela Maxfield-Ontko; Rodney Collins (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. John's Episcopal Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
2. unknown (n.d.). "The History of Memorial Presbyterian Church". Memorial Presbyterian Church, Wenonah, New Jersey. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
3. American Art Annual, Volume 9. MacMillan Company. 1911. p. 317.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
5. "Asset Mapping for Chester's Third Presbyterian Church". www.pahistoricpreservation.com. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

External links

• Seventh Annual Endangered Properties List, Preservation Matters: The Newsletter of The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Winter 2010
• CHRIST CHURCH COMPLEX, 76 Franklin Avenue, Staten Island, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, August 10, 2010