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First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley, now also known as Christian Science Society, Berkeley, is a
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, located at 2619 Dwight Way at Bowditch Street across the street from People's Park, in
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, in
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. The Christian Science Society, Berkeley continues to meet in their over-100-year-old church building.


History

The historic 1910 church was designed by renowned architect Bernard Ralph Maybeck (1862–1957), in a primarily American Craftsman style, with
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,
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, and
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style elements. The church is widely considered one of Maybeck's
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/ref> The basic plan is that of a square or
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, with two pair of great crossed
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es spanning the central space overhead. In 1929 a Sunday School addition was added to the Church.


Landmark

It was declared a
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in 1977, and is on the
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. and   In October 2005, the Friends of First Church Berkeley were awarded a prestigious federal Save America's Treasurers (SAT) Grant, for the roof replacement and seismic strengthening of the 1910 Church and much of the 1929 Sunday School addition.Friends of First Church Berkeley: Preservation Grants
/ref> The church received a Getty Architectural Conservation Implementation Grant in 2006, to enable the completion of the seismic strengthening of the Church and Sunday School addition.
/ref> In 2009 and 2010, the Friends of First Church Berkeley received University of California Berkeley Chancellor's Community Partnership Grants for restoring the garden setting of the church.


See also

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References


External links

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Friends of First Church Berkeley — Bernard Maybeck's architectural masterpiece
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