First Church of Christ, Scientist, is an 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 edifice located at 475 North Kingshighway Boulevard, corner of Westminster Place, in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...

. Built in 1903–1904, it was designed as a stone building in the Classical Revival style of architecture by Edward Gordon Garden of Mauran, Russell & Garden and was the first institutional commission of that fledgling firm. Cost concerns, though, resulted in it being built of

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. It is a

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in the

Holy Corners Historic District Holy Corners Historic District, so named because of its concentration of early 20th-century churches, temples and other large buildings of public assembly, is located on both sides of North Kingshighway Boulevard between and including Westminster ...

which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 1975. First Church of Christ, Scientist, which had been founded in 1894, still holds services in this historic building. St. Louis City Information Network listing for First Church of Christ, Scientist
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Christian Science churches in Missouri Churches in St. Louis Churches completed in 1904 Historic district contributing properties in Missouri National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis 1904 establishments in Missouri {{StLouis-struct-stub