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The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1897, is a historic Neo-Classical-style church located at 4017 S. Drexel Boulevard in
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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.


See also

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First Church of Christ, Scientist (disambiguation) The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., is the administrative headquarters and mother church of the Church of Christ, Scientist. First Church of Christ, Scientist may also refer to: Australia * A church in Bowra ...
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List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings This is a list of former Christian Science churches, societies, and buildings. Following its early meteoric rise, the Christian Science Church suffered a steep decline in membership in the second half of the twentieth century. Though the Churc ...


References


Resources

* Faulkner, Charles Draper, ''Christian Science Church Edifices'' second edition, 1946, Chicago: self-published, has a photo on p. 60.


External links

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Grant Memorial Church website

Open House Chicago page for the church


Churches completed in 1897 19th-century Christian Science church buildings Churches in Chicago Former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings in Illinois Solon Spencer Beman church buildings