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The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 23 3rd Street, N.W. in
Mason City, Iowa Mason City is a city and the county seat of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 27,338 in the 2020 census, a decline from 29,172 in the 2000 census. The Mason City Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Cerro Go ...
, is a historic structure that was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1997, and as a
contributing property In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...
in the
Mason City Downtown Historic District The Mason City Downtown Historic District is a nationally recognized Historic districts in the United States, historic district located in Mason City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. At th ...
in 2005. with It was designed by Minneapolis architect Clyde W. Smith and was deemed significant as a notable example of 1920s architectural eclecticism. It includes elements of Romanesque and Gothic Revival styles. Further, according to its NRHP nomination: "The design of the building reflects the propensity of Christian Scientists to break with traditional church planning and design. The building features no symbols, icons or other typical religious ornamentation that would be representative of a religious hall. Instead it reflects an 'advance design' exhibited in the highest quality construction techniques and standards of the era." with It now houses professional offices.


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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 Church of Christ, Scientist, Christian Science Church suffered a steep decline in membership in the second half of the twentiet ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, Uni ...


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{{NRHP in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Buildings and structures in Mason City, Iowa Churches completed in 1928 Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa MasonCity FirstChurchofChrist National Register of Historic Places in Mason City, Iowa Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Iowa