First Church of Christ, Scientist (Salt Lake City, Utah)


First Church of Christ, Scientist Salt Lake City, Utah
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location	352 E. 300 South Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates	40°45′45″N 111°52′50.5″W / 40.76250°N 111.880694°W / 40.76250; -111.880694Coordinates: 40°45′45″N 111°52′50.5″W / 40.76250°N 111.880694°W / 40.76250; -111.880694
Built	1898
Architect	Walter E. Ware
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	76001824 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1976

The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 352 East 300 South (352 East Broadway) in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States is an historic structure that on July 30, 1976, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. After being used for a time by Anthony's Fine Art and Antiques, the building is once again being used as a church: Iglesia La Luz del Mundo.^[2]

National register listing

First Church of Christ Scientist (added 1976 - Building - #76001824)
352 E. 3rd South, Salt Lake City
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Ware,Walter E.
Architectural Style: Other, Romanesque
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
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 organized on July 17, 1891, and was the first Christian Science church in Utah. The church building, designed by local architect, Walter E. Ware, in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, was built in 1898 of brick and Utah Kyune sandstone. After being completely paid for, it was dedicated on November 27, 1898.^[3]^[4]

Current use

First Church of Christ, Scientist, is no longer listed as a Christian Science Church in the Christian Science Journal.^[5] After being used for a time by Anthony's Fine Art and Antiques, the building is once again being used as a church: Iglesia La Luz del Mundo.^[2]

References

↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 Church in the snow
↑ Walden, David M. (1994), "Christian Science in Utah", in Powell, Allan Kent, Utah History Encyclopedia, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, ISBN 0874804256, OCLC 30473917
↑ State Historical Marker on property
↑ The Christian Science Journal, December 2007, p. 114

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