First Church of Christ, Scientist (Los Angeles)
First Church of Christ, Scientist Los Angeles, California | |
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist (Los Angeles, California) | |
Location | 1366 South Alvarado Street Los Angeles, California |
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Built | 1912 |
Architect | Elmer Grey |
Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Italianate, Spanish Romanesque Revival |
Part of | Alvarado Terrace Historic District (ID84000783) |
LAHCM No. | 89 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 17, 1984[1] |
Designated LAHCM | July 7, 1971 |
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The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1912, is an historic Christian Science church edifice located at 1366 South Alvarado Street in Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California.
The former church is a Historic district contributing property in the Alvarado Terrace Historic District, which was added on May 17, 1984, to the National Register of Historic Places.[1] It is also a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
History
The First Church of Christ, Scientist was designed by noted Los Angeles architect, Elmer Grey in a mixture of Beaux Arts—Italianate—Spanish Romanesque Revival styles.[2]
The church building was sold in 1972 and was used as a synagogue for a time. It then become the Los Angeles branch of the ill-fated Disciples of Christ church, known as the Peoples Temple, led by the Reverend Jim Jones. First Church of Christ, Scientist, is no longer listed in the Christian Science Journal.[3]
It is now a Spanish-speaking Seventh-day Adventist church called Iglesia Adventista Central.[2][4]
See also
- Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Los Angeles, California)
- List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles
- List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles, California
- First Church of Christ, Scientist (disambiguation)
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b Byzantine Latino Quarter Foundation- Places
- ^ The Christian Science Journal, February 2007, p. 98
- ^ Big Orange Landmarks page on the church
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