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The former First Church of Christ, Scientist is a historic 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 ...
church building located at 440 Elm Avenue, Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
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, United States
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. Built in 1913, it was designed in the Classical Revival
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-style of architecture by noted Los Angeles
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architect Elmer Grey
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The Long Beach city ordinance designating First Church of Christ, Scientist former building at 440 Elm Avenue as ''Historic Landmark'' No. 16.52.580 stated that: "First Church of Christ Scientist was Long Beach's first Christian Science Church. As such, it established an important religious institution in this city. Additionally, this church was one of the few downtown churches to survive the 1933 earthquake relatively undamaged and, therefore, is one of the oldest churches in Long Beach."
The building was sold in 1989 to the First Christian Church. First Church of Christ, Scientist, now holds services at 3629 Atlantic Avenue, in Long Beach.
As of 2022, it was approved for use as a banquet hall/ event facility and is available for weddings and private event rentals /ref>
See also
* List of City of Long Beach historic landmarks *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 Church of Christ, Scientist, Christian Science Church suffered a steep decline in membership in the second half of the twentiet ...
*Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Long Beach, California)
The former Second Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 655 Cedar Avenue, in Long Beach, California, is an historic structure that on April 1, 2005, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is now the Second Samoan Church.
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