Christian Science Society (Nanaimo, British Columbia)

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name = Christian Science Society


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location_town = Nanaimo, British Columbia
location_country = Canada
architect = D.G. Edgell/Phil Forte
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construction_start_date = 1900-1910 built as house
completion_date = 1932 renovated to church
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structural_system = 1-storey. frame, 1932 set on concrete foundation & stuccoed
style = Classical Revival.
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Christian Science Society, also called the Christian Science Society Buiding, is an historic single storey style Christian Science church edifice located at 20 Chapel Street in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. It was built between 1900 and 1910 as a single-family house and was known as the McDonald Property. In 1932 it was converted to church use by being placed on a concrete foundation and having its exterior stuccoed while the interior was gutted and remodeled for its new use. Citing the building as a "good example of early adaptive re-use" and '"very good example of Classical Period Revival architecture", albeit "a very modest rendition of the style", the city designated it a local heritage site on October 7, 2002. [ [http://www.nanaimo.ca/residents/heritage_detail.asp?her_id=23&id=287&parent=19&sub_collection=51 City of Nanaimo Heritage Register - Christian Science Society Building] ] [ [http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=1356 Canada's Historic Places full listing for Christian Science Society Building] ]

Christian Science Society is still an active congregation listed in the Christian Science Journal. ["Christian Science Journal", February 2007, p. 88.]

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* List of national historic sites of Canada