First Church of Christ, Scientist (San Francisco, California)

USA / California / San Francisco / San Francisco, California / Franklin Street, 1700
The first Christian Science church, The Mother Church, was established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897 by Mary Baker Eddy. First Church of Christ, Scientist San Francisco, is one of the many worldwide branches of The Mother Church.

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Coordinates:   37°47'25"N   122°25'25"W

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  • "After several temporary homes, and a major earthquake in 1906, the membership of First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco, hired noted Bay Area architect Edgar A. Mathews to design the present church at the corner of Franklin and California Streets. The cornerstone was laid in 1911 and the church formally dedicated in 1913. Its architectural style is characterized as Romanesque-Byzantine by the architect. A tapestry of warm polychrome brick provides a warm glow in any kind of light. In the September 1913 issue of The Pacific Coast Architect it is written, “The delicate terra cotta ornament is concentrated where it blends most harmoniously on the main facades, while the graceful lines and proportions of the building as a whole are a perpetual delight to the eye.” The exterior is punctuated with a medium height, squared belfry or tower, and has a heavy roof overhang in the style of northern Italian country churches."
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