Existing Site Summary
Year Built:
1962 (Church)
Building Size:
7,930 SF (Church)
Parcel Size:
1.6 acres/1 lot
Zoning:
B-Residential District
Land Use:
Institutional
Historic Designation:
None
Phase 1
Redevelopment Site Summary
Renovations:
Nov. 2015–Jan. 2016
New Building Size:
8,835 SF (Library)
New Parcel Size:
1.6 acres/1 Lots
New Zoning:
B-Residential District
Land Use:
Municipal
Phase 2
Redevelopment Site Summary
Renovations:
2017–ongoing
New Building Size:
8,835 SF (Recreation Hall)
New Parcel Size:
1.6 acres/1 lot
New Zoning:
B-Residential District
Land Use:
Municipal
SEVEN DOLORS CHURCH
1200 East Willow Grove Avenue, Wyndmoor, PA 19038
A temporary and long-term public use of the sanctuary space as a
library and indoor gym.
The phased conversion of the former Seven Dolors Church has
provided the community with continuous access to an existing
recreation hall and a temporary home for the Free Library of Springfield
Township and will create a new future indoor recreational space
for the community. The new recreation space will be provided at a
minimal cost compared to the construction of a new building because
the size and condition of the church are well suited for the new use.
As Springfield Township’s new municipal campus on Paper Mill Road
takes shape, the township library and administration offices have been
temporarily relocated to the former sanctuary and rectory of the Seven
Dolors Church while the existing recreation and event hall remains
open for public use. When the new municipal campus is completed,
the library will move to its permanent location, and the sanctuary will
then be converted into an additional indoor recreation space.
Springfield Township
transitions a former church
property into a public
recreation asset.
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500
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250
Commercial/
Mixed Use Institutional
Single-Family
Residential
Light
Industrial
Former
Seven Dolors
Church
Laurel
Beech
Park
Veterans
Park
Willow Grove Ave.
East Mermaid Lane
Flourtown Ave.
Queen St.
Southampton Ave.
Grace Lutheran
Church
Cheltenham Ave.
LOCATION
