First Church of Christ, Scientist (Elyria, Ohio)

Infobox_nrhp | name =First Church Of Christ, Scientist
Elyria, Ohio
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location= 309 East Avenue

Elyria, Ohio
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 53.59
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 82
long_minutes = 6
long_seconds = 15.37
long_direction = W
locmapin = Ohio
area =
built =1906
architect= Unknown
architecture= Late Victorian
added = July 18, 1975
governing_body = Private
refnum=75001460cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 309 East Avenue, in Elyria, Ohio, in the United States is an historic structure that on July 18, 1975, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is now known as First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Elyria-Lorain.

National register listing

*First Church Of Christ, Scientist (added 1975 - Building - #75001460)
*309 East Ave., Elyria
*Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
*Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
*Architectural Style: Late Victorian
*Area of Significance: Architecture
*Period of Significance: 1900-1924
*Owner: Private
*Historic Function: Religion
*Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
*Current Function: Religion
*Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

History

First Church of Christ, Scientist was built in 1906 by splitting an existing house in half, separating the halves and building a new section in between them. The new section consisted of an auditorium with a steep four sided roof-ceiling over it and an entrance porch facing the street.

Current use

First Church of Christ, Scientist is still an active Christian Science church . [The Christiam Science Journal, December 2007, p. 111]

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Ohio
* First Church of Christ, Scientist (disambiguation)

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OH/Lorain/state.html National Register listings for Lorain County, Ohio]