The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1912, is a historic

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church edifice located at 1366 South Alvarado Street in

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. The former church is a Historic district

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in the

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, which was added on May 17, 1984, to the

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. It is also a

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The First Church of Christ, Scientist was designed by noted Los Angeles architect,

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in a mixture of Beaux Arts—

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— Spanish Romanesque Revival styles.Byzantine Latino Quarter Foundation- Places
The church building was sold in 1972 and was used as a

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for a time. It then become the Los Angeles branch of the ill-fated

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church, known as the

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, led by the Reverend

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. First Church of Christ, Scientist, is no longer listed in the ''Christian Science Journal''. It is now a Spanish-speaking

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church called ''Iglesia Adventista Central''.Big Orange Landmarks page on the church
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