First Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago)

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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Building information
Town Chicago, Illinois
Country United States
Architect Solon Spencer Beman
Client First Church of Christ, Scientist
Completion date 1897
Style Neo-Classical

The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1897, is an historic Neo-Classical style church located at 4017 S. Drexel Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by noted Chicago-based architect Solon Spencer Beman , who was renowned for the churches and other buildings that he designed in the United States. In 1923 an Aeolian-Skinner organ was installed in the church. On May 7, 1950, Grant Memorial AME Church bought the building and is its present owner. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, is no longer in existence.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Grant Memorial AME Church history
  2. ^ Aeolian Skinner archives
  3. ^ Chicago Landmarks: Solon S. Beman

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  • Faulkner, Charles Draper, Christian Science Church Edifices second edition, 1946, Chicago: self published, has a photo on p. 60.

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