"Lord, thou has been our dwelling place in all generations." - Psalm 90:1

A contemporary account of the dedicatory service of Overbrook Presbyterian Church, Thursday, February 13, 1890 referred to Overbrook as "The first country station on the Pennsylvania Railroad after leaving Philadelphia."

The little Gothic Revival Church of cut stone, designed by architect Addison Hutton, and built by I.M. Green in 1889, has grown from a country church at the Overbrook Station to a metropolitan church in a changing area.

Since its founding, the congregation of Overbrook Presbyterian Church has made continuing visible changes to the structure as part of its witness to Jesus Christ.

The first architectural change in 1904-1905 was the addition of the tower facing City Avenue. The tower was erected to the Glory of God and in honor of Wistar Morris, the Quaker gentleman farmer who had purchased the land upon which to build the church. The tower was designed by the firm of William L. and Walter F. Price and built by Milton W. Young. At the time the tower was built, an addition was built to house a Sunday School. This was removed when the Church House was built in 1925-1926.

The seating capacity of the Sanctuary is 415. A few of the golden oak pews, contemporary to the 1890 building, remain. They may be seen in the balcony and the east transept. The present seating of dark oak was put in place in 1905.

The church first used gas for lighting and it was not until 1893 that the building was wired for electricity. The present drop lighting in the sanctuary was installed in 1953.