Crozer Theological Seminary
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Old Main
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Old Main Building of Crozer Theological Seminary, November 2009
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| 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°WCoordinates: 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 # | 73001626 |
| Added to NRHP | June 18, 1973 |
The Crozer Theological Seminary was a multi-denominational religious institution located in Upland, Pennsylvania. The school succeeded a Normal School established at the site and the building's use as a hospital during the American Civil War. The seminary mostly served as an American Baptist Church school, training seminarians for the entry into the Baptist ministry.
After 1970, when the seminary merged with institutions in Rochester, New York, the Old Main building was used for Crozer Hospital (now part of Crozer-Chester Medical Center.) It is a three-story, "F"-shaped, stucco coated stone building. It has three pavilions connected by a corridor with flanking rooms. Each of the pavilions is topped by a gable roof and cupola, the largest cupola being on the central pavilion. Most recently, it is used for medical offices associated with the center.
The Old Main building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The Seminary began as the Normal School of Upland, established and built by wealthy textile manufacturer John Price Crozer. Crozer allowed the Union to use the building as a hospital during the American Civil War.
After Crozer's death in 1866, his family converted the school to another purpose, endowing it as the Crozer Theological Seminary in his honor. His son recruited faculty for the new mission.
The most famous student of Crozer Seminary was the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. He enrolled on September 14, 1948 and graduated on May 8, 1951 with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. He then studied and earned his doctorate at Boston University.
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