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First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley, now also known as Christian Science Society, Berkeley, is a Christian Science church, located at 2619 Dwight Way at Bowditch Street across the street from People's Park, in Berkeley, in Alameda County, California.[4]

The Christian Science Society, Berkeley continues to meet in their over-100-year-old church building.[5]

History

The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley held its first service in Wilkin's Hall, 2412 Haste Street, on Sunday, March 12, 1905, and its present membership— October, 1905—is forty-eight. A lot was bought (2892 Dwight Way) in June, and a church building will be erected later on.

— The Christian Science Journal (December 1905)[6]

The historic 1910 church was designed by renowned architect Bernard Ralph Maybeck (1862–1957), in a primarily American Craftsman style, with Byzantine Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Gothic Revival style elements.[7] The church is widely considered one of Maybeck's masterpieces.[8][9]

The basic plan is that of a square or Greek cross, with two pair of great crossed trusses spanning the central space overhead. In 1929 a Sunday School addition was added to the Church.

Landmark

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977, and is on the National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, California.[3][10]

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.[11] 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.[11][12] 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.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Berkeley Landmarks". Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "First Church of Christ, Scientist". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
  4. ^ "1st Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley homepage". Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Christian Science Society, Berkeley homepage
  6. ^ Christian Science Society, Berkeley.org: From The Christian Science Journal, December 1905, "Among the Churches, Progress in Berkeley, California"
  7. ^ Friends of First Church Berkeley: Interior
  8. ^ Maybeck and His Work
  9. ^ Berkeley Landmarks – First Church of Christ, Scientist
  10. ^ Pitts, Carolyn (July 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: First Church of Christ Scientist" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 5 photos, exterior, undated, assumed 1977 or earlier (2.52 MB)
  11. ^ a b c Friends of First Church Berkeley: Preservation Grants
  12. ^ Friends of First Church Berkeley: Restoration images

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