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Isaac Pursell (June 1853 – August 9, 1910) 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 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. 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.〔 * 1890: St. John's Episcopal Church (Charleston, West Virginia), Charleston, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.〔 * 1911: Hill Crest Community Center, Clinton, Indiana, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.〔 *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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isaac Pursell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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