First Church of Christ, Scientist (Jacksonville, Florida)

First Church of Christ, Scientist (Jacksonville, Florida)

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name = First Church of Christ, Scientist
Jacksonville, Florida
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location = 101 West 1st Street (formerly 1116 North Laura Street)

Jacksonville, Florida
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built = 1921
architect = Marsh and Saxelbye, architects; W.D. Gerbrich, builder
architecture = Classical Revival
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governing_body = Private

The former First Church of Christ, Scientist located at 101 West 1st Street (formerly 1116 North Laura Street), in Jacksonville, Florida in the United States is an historic 1921 Classical Revival structure, which is listed as No. SP-61 by the Jacksonville Historic Landmarks Commission. [Wood, Wayne W., Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage, revised edition 1996, Gainesville: University Press of Florida. p. 198] It is a contributing property in the the Springfield Historic District.

History

The first Christian Science services in Jacksonville were held in 1892 and First Church of Christ, Scientist was organized in 1897. It met at several other locations before 1921 when it moved into this newly completed building. [Wood, Wayne W., Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage, revised edition 1996, Gainesville: University Press of Florida. p. 198] After the building was sold, the church was voluntarily dissolved August 10 1993. [ [http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/cordet.exe?action=N&inq_came_from=NAMFWD&inq_doc_number=719421&cor_web_names_seq_number=0000&names_name_ind=N&fei_fei_number=&fei_cor_number=&princ_cor_number=&princ_type=&princ_seq=&princ_comp_name=&names_comp_name=FIRSTCHURCHCHRISTSCIENT&names_cor_number=&names_name_ind=N&names_name_seq=&names_filing_type= Florida Corporate Records] ]

Current use

The building now houses the Jacksonville branch of the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums. [Wood, Wayne W., Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage, revised edition 1996, Gainesville: University Press of Florida. p. 198]

ee also

*List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings

References

External links

* [http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/index.html Karpeles Manuscripts Library Museums website]


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