Lombard Street Central Presbyterian Church Burial Vaults
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Lombard Street Central Presbyterian Church Burial Vaults

Also known as Central African Presbyterian Church Burial Vaults

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147 United States
    Coordinates: 39.94326, -75.15647
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Established in 1844 under Reverend Stephen H. Gloucester, the Lombard Street Central Presbyterian congregation was formed by dissenting members of the Second African Presbyterian Church following Gloucester's loss of that church's pulpit. Their church was completed in 1848 at 834 Lombard Street.


Stephen's father, John Gloucester, was the first ordained Black Presbyterian minister in the United States. He had been ordained in Tennessee, but came to Philadelphia with the help of Old Pine Street Presbyterian minister Archibald Alexander, who was chairman of the Evangelical Society of Philadelphia. Alexander was John Gloucester's mentor in the ministry, and the elder Gloucester founded the First African Presbyterian Church.


Behind the Lombard Street Central church, two burial vaults were established. One, housing the remains of Gloucester, his wife Ann, and Reverend Benjamin F. Templeton, was discovered in the summer 2007 long after Lombard Central Presbyterian had sold the church building and moved to West Philadelphia in 1939. Their remains were reinterred in the burial ground at Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church.


A second vault, apparently built by the members of the congregation themselves and intended as a place to inter members of the congregation. The vault, which was built behind the church building, was closed in 1861 because it was falling in on itself. John Winrow and two other church elders were buried in it, but it has not been located.

Established in 1844 under Reverend Stephen H. Gloucester, the Lombard Street Central Presbyterian congregation was formed by dissenting members of the Second African Presbyterian Church following Gloucester's loss of that church's pulpit. Their church was completed in 1848 at 834 Lombard Street.


Stephen's father, John Gloucester, was the first ordained Black Presbyterian minister in the United States. He had been ordained in Tennessee, but came to Philadelphia with the help of Old Pine Street Presbyterian minister Archibald Alexander, who was chairman of the Evangelical Society of Philadelphia. Alexander was John Gloucester's mentor in the ministry, and the elder Gloucester founded the First African Presbyterian Church.


Behind the Lombard Street Central church, two burial vaults were established. One, housing the remains of Gloucester, his wife Ann, and Reverend Benjamin F. Templeton, was discovered in the summer 2007 long after Lombard Central Presbyterian had sold the church building and moved to West Philadelphia in 1939. Their remains were reinterred in the burial ground at Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church.


A second vault, apparently built by the members of the congregation themselves and intended as a place to inter members of the congregation. The vault, which was built behind the church building, was closed in 1861 because it was falling in on itself. John Winrow and two other church elders were buried in it, but it has not been located.

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  • Added: 1 Jul 2022
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2756462