List of church buildings in Philadelphia

The churches of Philadelphia are numerous and diverse. Founded by William Penn to celebrate religious freedom, Philadelphia has many historic and significant churches, among many smaller and newer ones.

Gloria Dei Church.

African Methodist Episcopal Church edit

Image Church Location Notes
Allen A.M.E. Church 5901 Larchwood Avenue
Alleyne Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church 1249 North 55th Street
  Hickman Temple A.M.E. Church 5001 Baltimore Avenue
  Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church 419 South 6th Street
a.k.a. 419 Richard Allen Avenue
  Waters Memorial A.M.E. Church 609 S Clifton Street
  Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church 1500 Lombard Street

Armenian Apostolic Church edit

Image Church Location Notes
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church 8701 Ridge Avenue

Baptist edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Chestnut Street Baptist Church and Ternacle Baptist Church 4017 Chestnut Street
Christian Stronghold Church 4701 Lancaster Avenue 39°58′18″N 75°12′56″W / 39.9717°N 75.2155°W / 39.9717; -75.2155
Church of the Redeemer Baptist 1440 South 24th Street 39°56′02″N 75°11′05″W / 39.9340°N 75.1846°W / 39.9340; -75.1846
First Immanuel Baptist Church 2438 Ridge Avenue
Forty Sixth Street Baptist Church 1261-65 South 46th Street
Glory Baptist Church 4128 Aspen Street
  Gospel Temple Baptist Church 1327 South 19th Street 39°56′08″N 75°10′31″W / 39.9355°N 75.1753°W / 39.9355; -75.1753
  Greater Exodus Baptist Church 704 North Broad Street 39°58′03″N 75°09′38″W / 39.9675°N 75.1606°W / 39.9675; -75.1606
Greater Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church 5522 Woodland Avenue
  Mount Hebron Baptist Church 1419 Wharton St
  New Greenwich Light Baptist Church 121 W. Oregon Avenue
  Pennepack Baptist Church 8732 Krewstown Road
  People's Baptist Church 5039 Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia City of Praise Baptist Church 1648 West Hunting Park Avenue

St. Andrews Fellowship Baptist Church

4910 Wayne Avenue
Smith Chapel Baptist Church 1828 Ridge Avenue
Transfiguration Baptist Church 3732 Fairmount Avenue
Union Tabernacle Baptist Church 4856 Lancaster Avenue
Vietnamese International Baptist Church of Philadelphia 590 Adams Ave Damaged or destroyed by a fire in 2020.
Wayland Memorial Baptist Church 5126 Baltimore Avenue
White Rock Baptist Church 5240 Chestnut Street

Brethren in Christ Church edit

Image Church Location Notes
Mount Calvary Holy Church 5944 Catharine Street
  Circle of Hope 2214 S. Broad St.

2007 Frankford Ave.

2309 N. Broad St.

5720 Ridge Ave.

3800 Marlton Pike, NJ

Episcopal edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Church of the Advocate 1801 West Diamond Street
  Christ Church 20 North American Street
Church of the Crucifixion 620 South 8th Street
39°56′30″N 75°09′21″W / 39.9418°N 75.1558°W / 39.9418; -75.1558
  Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church Columbus Boulevard & Christian Street
  Church of the Holy Trinity 1904 Walnut Street  
  Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral 3723 Chestnut Street
  Saint Clement's Church 2013 Appletree Street
  St. James Kingsessing
(Old Swedes')
6838 Woodland Avenue official website
  Church of St. James the Less 3227 West Clearfield Street
  Church of St. Luke & the Epiphany 330 South 13th Street
  Saint Mark's Episcopal Church 1625 Locust Street
Church of St. Martin in the Fields 8000 St. Martin’s Lane
40°03′55″N 75°12′24″W / 40.0654°N 75.2066°W / 40.0654; -75.2066
  Saint Mary's Church 3916 Locust Walk
  St. Paul's Episcopal Church 22 East Chestnut Hill Avenue
  Saint Peter's Church 313 Pine Street
  Saint Stephen's Church 19 South Tenth Street
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas 6361 Lancaster Avenue
39°59′14″N 75°15′04″W / 39.9873°N 75.2512°W / 39.9873; -75.2512
 
First building: 5th Street, south of Walnut Street
  St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 5720 Ridge Avenue
40°01′39″N 75°12′37″W / 40.0276°N 75.2102°W / 40.0276; -75.2102
  Trinity Church Oxford 6901 Rising Sun Avenue Built c. 1700

Friends (Quaker) edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Arch Street Friends Meeting House 4th & Arch Streets  
Interior.
  Frankford Friends Meeting House Unity & Waln Streets
  Free Quaker Meetinghouse 500 Arch Street
  Germantown Friends Meeting House 47 West Coulter Street
  Race Street Friends Meetinghouse 1515 Cherry Street
  West Philadelphia Friends Meeting House 3500 Lancaster Avenue
Former buildings
  Girard Avenue Meeting House 17th Street & Girard Avenue Built 1862
Discontinued 1934
Demolished
  Greater Friends Meeting House SW corner 2nd & Market Streets Built 1755.
Dismantled 1812, used to build Twelfth Street Meeting House.
  Orange Street Friends Meeting House 7th Street & Washington Square South Demolished 1911
  Twelfth Street Meeting House 20 South 12th Street Built 1812-14, using materials from the Greater Meeting House.
Dismantled and relocated to the George School, 1972-74.

Lutheran edit

Image Church Location Notes
Redeemer Lutheran Church 3200 Ryan Ave
  St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Mt. Airy) 6671 Germantown Avenue Closed September 2016
  St. Michael's Lutheran Church - Kensington 2139 East Cumberland St., Kensington
University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation 3637 Chestnut Street
Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion 2110 Chestnut Street

Mennonite edit

Image Church Location Notes
Vietnamese Mennonite Church 6237 Woodland Ave
  West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship 4740 Baltimore Avenue Building was constructed by and is shared with Calvary United Methodist
Abundant Life Chinese Mennonite Church 1731 South Broad Street
  Germantown Mennonite Church 21 West Washington Lane Photo shows the historic Mennonite Meetinghouse, predecessor of the current church nearby
Love Truth Chinese Mennonite Church 600 West Chew Avenue
Oxford Circle Mennonite Church 900 East Howell Street

Methodist edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Arch Street United Methodist Church 55 North Broad Street
  Calvary United Methodist Church 801 48th Street
  Fox Chase United Methodist Church Loney & Fillmore Streets
  Saint George's United Methodist Church 324 New Street
United Methodist Church of the Redeemer 1128 Cottman Ave.
 
Kensington (Old Brick) United Methodist Church Marlborough & Richmond Sts, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Founded June 1801

Non-Denominational edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Metro Church 4200 Ridge Avenue Formerly known as Metro Presbyterian Church. The building is a Historic Building by the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, and was historically named "Odd Fellow’s Hall", "Prince Hall Masonic Temple", and "Palestine Hall".

Orthodox Church edit

Albanian Orthodox edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Saint John Chrysostom Albanian Orthodox Church 237 North 17th Street

Greek Orthodox edit

Jurisdiction: Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey (New Jersey; the Greater Philadelphia area; Delaware; Maryland; Virginia)

Image Church Location Notes
  Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George 256 South 8th Street
Evangelismos of Theotokos 6501 Bustleton Avenue

Orthodox Church in America (OCA) edit

Jurisdiction: Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania

Image Church Location Notes
  Assumption of the Holy Virgin Church 2101 South 28th Street
  St. Stephen Cathedral 8598 Verree Road
Church of Our Lady 560 North 20th Street
St. Nicholas Church 817 North 7th Street

Russian Orthodox edit

Jurisdiction: Russian Orthodox Church in the USA

Image Church Location Notes
  Saint Andrew's Cathedral 5th Street & Fairmount Avenue
St. Michael the Archangel Church 335 Fairmount Avenue

Pentecostal edit

Image Church Location Notes
Bible School Mission Pentecostal Church 4512 Lancaster Avenue
Ebenezer Temple Pentecostal Church 5649 Christian Street
Mount Carmel Pentecostal Church 4716 Woodland Avenue
New Beginnings Pentecostal Church 502 E. Haines Street

Presbyterian edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Arch Street Presbyterian Church 1726-1732 Arch Street
Bethel Korean Presbyterian Church 6831 North Franklin Street
Bethel Presbyterian Church 1900 West York Street
Calvin Presbyterian Church 1401 North 60th Street
Cedar Park Presbyterian Church 7740 Limekiln Pike
Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church 8855 Germantown Avenue
  Christ's Presbyterian Church 1020 South 10th Street
  Emmanuel Chapel 835 Reed Street
Emmanuel Church 4723 Spruce Street
Falls of Schuylkill Presbyterian Church 3800 West Vaux Street
First African Presbyterian Church 4159 West Girard Avenue
First Presbyterian Church 201 South 21st Street
First Presbyterian Church of Kensington 418 East Girard Ave Samuel Sloan, architect
Liberti Northeast: 2424 East York Street
Fairmount: 1901 West Girard Avenue
Lombard Central Presbyterian 4201 Powelton Avenue
  Mount Airy Presbyterian Church 13 East Mt. Pleasant Avenue
  Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church 412 Pine Street
Olivet Covenant Presbyterian Church 608 North 22nd Street
  Overbrook Presbyterian Church 6376 City Avenue
  Renewal Presbyterian Church 4633 Cedar Avenue
Summit Presbyterian Church 6757 Greene Street
  Tabernacle United Church 3700 Chestnut Street HABS PA-1099
  Tenth Presbyterian Church 1700 Spruce Street Completed 1856, John McArthur Jr., architect
Altered 1893, Frank Miles Day, architect
Wooden spire removed 1912
Third Reformed Presbyterian 3024 Byberry Road
Union Tabernacle Presbyterian 2036 East Cumberland Street
  Wissahickon Presbyterian Church 5245 Ridge Avenue
Woodland Presbyterian Church 401 South 42nd Street
  Wylie Chambers Memorial Presbyterian (Broad Street Ministry) 315 South Broad Street
Former buildings
  Green Hill Presbyterian Church 1617 West Girard Avenue John Notman, architect
Demolished 2009
Boulevard United Presbyterian Church 200 East Wyoming Avenue Existing structure for sale in 2014
Current Denomination Unknown

Reformed edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Resurrection Philadelphia (formerly First Baptist Church) 123 South 17th Street 39°57′02″N 75°10′07″W / 39.9505°N 75.1687°W / 39.9505; -75.1687

Reformed Episcopal Church edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement 6100 Greene Street
  St. Luke's-Bishop Hoffman Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church 6701 Frankford Avenue
  Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church 43rd and Chestnut Streets Demolished 2018

Roman Catholic edit

Image Church Location Notes
  Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul 18th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway
  St. John the Evangelist Church 21 S. 13th Street
  Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church and School 915 Vine Street HABS PA-1513
  Church of the Gesú 1733 West Girard Avenue
  Immaculate Conception Church 1020 North Front Street
  Immaculate Conception Church (East Germantown) 1020 E. Price Street Closed June 2012
Nativity BVM Roman Catholic Church 2535 E. Allegheny Avenue
  Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church and School 1008 North 48th Street
  Old Saint Joseph's Church 321 Willings Alley
  Our Mother of Consolation Church 9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue
Resurrection of Our Lord Church 2000 Shelmire Avenue
  St. Adalbert in Philadelphia 2645 E. Allegheny Avenue known as the "Polish Cathedral" of Philadelphia
  Saint Augustine Church 243 North Lawrence Street
  Saint Charles Borromeo Roman Catholid Church 902 S 20th Street
  Saint Cyprian Catholic Church 525 South Cobbs Creek Parkway
Saint Donato Church 403 North 65th Street
  Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church 4625 Springfield Avenue
  Saint Gabriel's 2917 Dickinson Street
  St. Agatha – St. James Church 3728 Chestnut Street
Saint Joachim Church 1527 Church Street Closed July 2013 [1]
  Saint Laurentius 1608 East Berks Street Closed March 2014 [2]
  St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi Church 712 Montrose Street
  St. Mary's 248 South 4th Street
  St. Michael's Church 1445 North 2nd Street
  St. Monica Parish Church 2422 S 17th St
  Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church 1718 South 9th Street
  Saint Paul Church 923 Christian Street
  Saint Peter the Apostle 1019 North 5th Street (at Girard Avenue)  
National Shrine of Saint John Neumann
  National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia 1166 S Broad Street  
  Saint Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church 608 Welsh Road
  St. William Church 6200 Rising Sun Avenue
  Stella Maris Catholic Church 2901 S 10th Street

Ukrainian Catholic edit

Image Church Location Notes
Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church 1629 West Cayuga Street
  Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral 830 North Franklin Street

Unitarian edit

Image Church Location Notes
  First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia 2125 Chestnut Street Frank Furness, architect

See also edit

External links edit