Isaac Pursell
Isaac Pursell was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based architect.
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 Memorial [Reformed Episcopal Church] at Chestnut and 43rd Street; St. Matthews' Lutheran; St.
Paul's Reformed Episcopal; The Calvary Methodist in Germantown ; St. Paul's Presbyterian; Moravian Church
of the Holy Trinity ; Bethany Tabernacle, and Christ Protestant Episcopal.
He died at his home in Wenonah, New Jersey on August 9, 1910, and is buried in Wenonah Cemetery.
Selected works
- 1883: Tygarts Valley Church, Huttonsville, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
- 1887: Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Snow Hill, Maryland, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
- 1887-1888: Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church, West Philadelphia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Demolished 2018.
- 1890: St. John's [Episcopal Church (Charleston, West Virginia)], Charleston, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
- 1896: Third [Presbyterian Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)|Third Presbyterian Church], Chester, Pennsylvania
- 1911: Hill Crest Community Center, Clinton, Indiana, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.