Memorial Presbyterian Church Wenonah Borough, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places Data
Memorial Presbyterian Church has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 13000585
- Date Listed
- August 7, 2013
- Name
- Memorial Presbyterian Church
- Part of
- N/A (Multiple Property Submission)
- Address
- 202 E. Mantua Ave.
- City/Town
- Wenonah Borough
- County
- Gloucester
- State
- New Jersey
- Category
- building
- Level of Sig.
- local
- Areas of Sig.
- ARCHITECTURE
Description
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
Memorial Presbyterian Church is architecturally significant for its fine late Gothic Revival design by the well known Philadelphia architect Isaac Newton Pursell. Pursell had a long and prolific career designing homes, public buildings, and especially churches from Maine to Tennessee. This is the only church he designed in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Well preserved and carefully maintained, Memorial Presbyterian Church retains the physical features and design elements exemplified in Pursell's work. Memorial Presbyterian also held great personal significance for Pursell, who designed both the church building and the adjacent manse. He resided in Wenonah with his wife and children from 1903 until his death in 1910. He had close associations with the founders of the church, was an ordained Elder in the church, and is buried with his wife in Wenonah Cemetery. The church meets National Register Criterion C with local significance in architectural history.
