Isaac Pursell

Who was 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 Reformed Church at Chester 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 Wenonah, New Jersey on August 9, 1910, and is buried in Wenonah Cemetery.