First Church of Christ, Scientist is the main congregation for
Atlanta, Georgia’s
Christian Science
Christian Science is a set of beliefs and practices associated with members of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Adherents are commonly known as Christian Scientists or students of Christian Science, and the church is sometimes informally know ...
community. Its historic
Greek revival church edifice is located on the corner of Fifteenth Street, N.E., and Peachtree Street in the city's Midtown section and is a
contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...
in the
Ansley Park Historic District
Ansley Park is an intown residential district in Atlanta, Georgia, located just east of Midtown and west of Piedmont Park. When developed in 1905-1908, it was the first Atlanta suburban neighborhood designed for automobiles, featuring wide, wi ...
.
The church was opened in 1914, replacing a smaller church building at 17 West Baker Street, where services were held since 1899. The church's architect,
Arthur Neal Robinson with
Edward Emmett Dougherty's firm, was also a congregant. The church claims to be the first air-conditioned building in Atlanta, having used a primitive system of involving fans blowing over blocks of ice placed in the passages beneath the floor of the main auditorium.
See also
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Sue Harper Mims
Sue Harper Mims (17 May 1842 - 30 January 1913), C.S.D., was a social leader in Atlanta, Georgia and the wife of Livingston Mims, the 37th mayor of Atlanta. She was a member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and helped found its branch ch ...
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First Church of Christ, Scientist (disambiguation)
References
External links
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Official web siteReview of the church’s architecture
Churches in Atlanta
Christian Science churches in the United States
1914 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Churches completed in 1914
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