List of church buildings in Philadelphia
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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.
African Methodist Episcopal Church
[edit]Image | Church | Location | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church | 8701 Ridge Avenue |
Baptist
[edit]Image | Church | Location | Notes |
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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 | ||
Church of the Redeemer Baptist | 1440 South 24th Street 39°56′02″N 75°11′05″W / 39.9340°N 75.1846°W | ||
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 | ||
Greater Exodus Baptist Church | 704 North Broad Street 39°58′03″N 75°09′38″W / 39.9675°N 75.1606°W | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Wayland Temple Baptist Church | 2500 Cecil B. Moore Ave | ||
White Rock Baptist Church | 5240 Chestnut Street |
Brethren in Christ Church
[edit]Image | Church | Location | Notes |
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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]Friends (Quaker)
[edit]Image | Church | Location | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Saint Andrew's Cathedral | 5th Street & Fairmount Avenue | ||
St. Michael the Archangel Church | 335 Fairmount Avenue |
Pentecostal
[edit]Image | Church | Location | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Resurrection Philadelphia (formerly First Baptist Church) | 123 South 17th Street 39°57′02″N 75°10′07″W / 39.9505°N 75.1687°W |
Reformed Episcopal Church
[edit]Image | Church | Location | Notes |
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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 |
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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[usurped] | 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 |
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Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church | 1629 West Cayuga Street | ||
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral | 830 North Franklin Street |
Unitarian
[edit]Image | Church | Location | Notes |
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First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia | 2125 Chestnut Street | Frank Furness, architect |
See also
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