Crozer Theological Seminary
Old Main | |
Location | 21st St. and Upland Ave., Upland, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°51′21″N 75°22′17″W / 39.85583°N 75.37139°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1857 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 73001626[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 18, 1973 |
The Crozer Theological Seminary was a
Martin Luther King Jr. was a student at Crozer Theological Seminary from 1948 to 1951,[2] being elected student body president[3] and graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity degree.[4]
In 1970, the seminary merged with the Rochester Theological Seminary, forming the
The Old Main building in Upland was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
History
The Seminary began as the
Crozer allowed the
After the war, the building was repossessed by Crozer and subsequently sold to Colonel Theodore Hyatt for use as the
Crozer died in 1866. When Old Main was vacated by the Pennsylvania Military Academy his family converted the school to the Crozer Theological Seminary in his honor. His son recruited faculty for the new mission,
In 1970 the school moved to
Name | Tenure |
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Henry G. Weston | 1869–1909 |
Milton G. Evans | 1909–1934 |
James H. Franklin | 1934–1944 |
Edwin E. Aubrey | 1944–1949 |
Sankey Lee Blanton | 1950–1962 |
Ronald V. Wells | 1962–1970 |
Campus
The multi-acre campus contains the Crozer Arboretum and the following buildings:
- Humpstone
- President's House
- Pollard House
- CHEC
- Evans House
- Crozer Hall
- Neisser House
- Lewis House
- Vedder House
- Davis House
- Sunnyside House
- Westin House
- Franklin House
Pearl Hall
Pearl Hall is a serpentine stone library on the campus which opened on June 4, 1871.[15] The building was sponsored by William Bucknell, the benefactor of Bucknell University, in memory of his late wife Margaret Crozer, the daughter of John Price Crozer. In addition to the $30,000 cost of the building, Bucknell also gave $25,000 for the cost of books and $10,000 for an endowment fund.[16]
Notable alumni
- George Barbier, actor
- J. Pius Barbour, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Chester, Pennsylvania, executive director of the National Baptist Association, editor of the National Baptist Voice, mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., first African-American graduate of Crozer Theological Seminary
- John Warren Davis, New Jersey politician and federal judge, taught Greek and Hebrew at Crozer Theological Seminary for three years
- William Augustus Jones Jr., minister and civil rights leader
- Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and civil rights leader[17]
- Samuel D. Proctor, minister, educator and humanitarian
Notable faculty
- John Warren Davis, taught Hebrew and Greek for three years
- Lemuel Moss, professor of New Testament
- James B. Pritchard, taught in the chair of Old Testament History and Exegesis
- Henry Clay Vedder, professor of Church history
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Nojeim, Michael J. (2004). Gandhi and King: The Power of Nonviolent Resistance. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 179. ISBN 0-275-96574-0
- ^ Frady, Marshall (2002). Martin Luther King Jr.: A Life. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-303648-7.
- ^ Downing, Frederick L. (1986). To See the Promised Land: The Faith Pilgrimage of Martin Luther King, Jr. Mercer University Press. p. 150. ISBN 0-86554-207-4
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2012-01-07. Note: This includes Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Main" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ^ Jordan, John W. (1914). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 462–464. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 432. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ Cope, Gilbert (1904). Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 7. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "About Us - Chester Rural Cemetery". www.chesterruralcemetery.org. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Cope, Gilbert (1904). Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 8. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Crozer Theological Society". www.uplandboro.org. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- OCLC 260116581, retrieved 2009-10-06
- ^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2021, p. 630
- ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-06
- ^ Ashmead, Henry Graham (1884). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H Everts & Co. p. 434. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ Jordan, John W. (1914). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 463. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- OCLC 39399036, retrieved 2020-10-26 – via Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University