First Church of Christ, Scientist (St. Louis, Missouri)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	475 North Kingshighway Boulevard , corner of Westminster Place, St. Louis, Missouri
Built	1903-1904
Architect	Edward Gordon Garden of Mauran, Russell and Garden
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Part of	Holy Corners Historic District (#75002138)
Added to NRHP	December 29, 1975

First Church of Christ, Scientist, is an historic Christian Science church edifice located at 475 North Kingshighway Boulevard, corner of Westminster Place, in St. Louis, Missouri. Built in 1903-1904, it was designed as a stone building in the Classical Revival style of architecture by Edward Gordon Garden of Mauran, Russell and Garden and was the first institutional commission of that fledgling firm. Cost concerns, though, resulted in it being built of brick. It is a contributing property in the Holy Corners Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 1975. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

First Church of Christ, Scientist, which had been founded in 1894, still holds services in this historic building. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

References

1. Waymarking listing for First Church of Christ, Scientist
2. St. Louis City Information Network listing for First Church of Christ, Scientist
3. Biography of Edward Gordon Garden
4. Ivey, Paul Eli, Prayers in Stone: Christian Science Architecture in the United States, 1894-1930, Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, p. 20, ISBN 0-252-02445-1
5. Christian Science Churches in Greater St. Louis
6. Waymarking listing for First Church of Christ, Scientist
7. St. Louis City Information Network listing for First Church of Christ, Scientist