First Church Of Christ, Scientist (Salt Lake City, Utah)
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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.


Current use

The Christian Science Church left the building in 2002. After being used for a time by Anthony's Fine Art and Antiques, the building is once again being used as a church.Church in the snow
/ref> Iglesia La Luz del Mundo has used the building since about 2006.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City, Utah, Un ...
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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 ...
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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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State Historical Marker on property
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