First Church of Christ, Scientist (Cleveland, Ohio)

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First Church of Christ, Scientist
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates:	41°30′11″N 81°35′59″W / 41.50306, -81.59972Coordinates: 41°30′11″N 81°35′59″W / 41.50306, -81.59972
Built/Founded:	1929-1931
Architect:	Walker and Weeks
Architectural style(s):	Beaux Arts
Added to NRHP:	February 20, 2003
NRHP Reference#:	03000042 ^[1]
Governing body:	Private

The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 2200 Overlook Road, in the University Circle area of Cleveland,, Ohio, in the United States is an historic building that on February 20, 2003, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Built from 1929 to 1931 at a cost of $1 million,^[2] it was designed by the noted Cleveland firm of Walker and Weeks, who later designed Severance Hall, to which this building is sometimes compared. An unusual feature of the building is its tall minaret-like semi-detached bell tower, which now functions only as a smokestack.^[3] The building is now owned by Nottingham•Spirk Design Associates, which from 2003 to 2005 renovated it for its headquarters.^[4] First Church of Christ, Scientist, is now located at 3181 Fairmount Boulevard.

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^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - "Christian Scientists"
^ First Church of Christ, Scientist Bell Tower at Emporis
^ Innovation Center Historic Landmark

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