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Artist: Isaac Pursell (Architect)

St. Matthew's Chapel Entrance
Isaac Pursell (Architect), 1889 (approximate)
* flowers
* I cannot find a separate architectural listing for the chapel and it is not clear if the chapel was built at the same time as the rest of the church, but I am listing it as though it was.
* Chapel entrance. Old Zion Lutheran Church. North side of Mt. Vernon, West of Broad..
* 39.964605,-75.161525 [map] [nearby]
* On the Fairmount tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphia buildings.org entry for the church
+oldzionlutheran.org

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Epiphany Chapel
Isaac Pursell (Architect), 1898
* standing angel, heads
* As of 11/25/2024 there are several very different histories of this building on the web. I am choosing to believe the Epiphany Chapel section of the wikipedia page for St. Luke and the Epiphany, though I have not yet found any corroborating evidence that Pursell was the architect.
* inscription: Gloria In Excelcis Deo
* Whole building. Saint John Chrysostom. East side of 17th, South of Vine.
* 39.957850,-75.167300 [map] [nearby]
* On the Franklin Town tour
* Exhibits: Religious, Gargoyles
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's St. Luke and the Epiphany page
+Gargoyle Hunter page for the building
+oca.org's Saint John Chrysostom parish page

See Also

+wikipedia.org's Isaac Pursell page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Isaac Pursell page