First Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois)
- First Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois)
Infobox Historic building
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name=First Church of Christ, Scientist
location_town=Chicago, Illinois
location_country=United States
architect=Solon Spencer Beman
client=First Church of Christ, Scientist
engineer=
construction_start_date=
completion_date=1897
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style=Neo-Classical|The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1897, is an historic Neo-Classical style church located at 4017 S. Drexel Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by noted Chicago-based architect Solon Spencer Beman , who was renowned for the churches and other buildings that he designed in the United States. In 1923 an Aeolian-Skinner organ was installed in the church. On May 7, 1950, Grant Memorial AME Church bought the building and is its present owner. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, is no longer in existence. [ [http://www.grantmame.org/History.htm Grant Memorial AME Church history] ] [ [http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/Specs/Op00435.html Aeolian Skinner archives] ] [ [http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Beman.html Chicago Landmarks: Solon S. Beman] ]
ee also
* First Church of Christ, Scientist (disambiguation)
* List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings
References
Resources
* Faulkner, Charles Draper, "Christian Science Church Edifices" second edition, 1946, Chicago: self published, has a photo on p. 60.
External links
* [http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Beman.html Chicago Landmarks: Solon S. Beman]
* [http://www.grantmame.org/History.htm Grant Memorial AME Church history]
* [http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/Specs/Op00435.html Aeolian Skinner archives]
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