First Church of Christ, Scientist (Scranton, Pennsylvania)

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First Church of Christ, Scientist

Scranton, Pennsylvania
now
Lackawanna County Children's Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: 520 Vine Street

Scranton, Pennsylvania
Built/Founded: 1915
Architect: Albert J. Ward
Architectural style(s): Neoclassical
Added to NRHP: May 9, 1988
NRHP Reference#: 88000467 [1]
Governing body: Local Government

The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 520 Vine Street, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the United States is an historic building that on May 9, 1988, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The building is now the Lackawanna County Children's Library.

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[edit] National register listing

  • First Church of Christ, Scientist (added 1988 - Building - #88000467)
  • 520 Vine St., Scranton
  • Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
  • Architect, builder, or engineer: Ward, Albert J.
  • Architectural Style: Classical Revival
  • Area of Significance: Architecture
  • Period of Significance: 1900-1924
  • Owner: Local Gov't
  • Historic Function: Religion
  • Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
  • Current Function: Education
  • Current Sub-function: Library

[edit] History

Christian Science religious activity in Scranton dates from before 1890 when Judge Septimus J. Hanna and his wife came to take charge of the fledgling Christian Science Society. The Hannas left in 1892 for Christian Science world headquarters in Boston where he had been called by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, to become the editor of the Christian Science Journal.[2]

In 1915 the Neoclassical church edifice was erected at 520 Vine Street for the congregation which by then had become First Church of Christ, Scientist, Scranton. The architect was Albert J. Ward. The congregation held regular church services in this building until it downsized in the 1980s. In 1985 it sold the building for $1.5 million to the Lackawanna County Library System, which then converted it into the Lackawanna County Children's Library.[3][4]

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Scranton, reverted to its previous name of Christian Science Society, Scranton. It now holds services at 335 North Washington Avenue.[5]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ A Biographical Sketch (obituary) of Judge Septimus J. Hanna, C.S.D., from the Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, California, Monday, July 25, 1921, accessed March 22, 2008
  3. ^ Article, Balancing the books, by Josh McAuliffe in the Times-Tribune, March 9, 2008, accessed on March 22, 2008
  4. ^ Lackawanna County Children's Library website
  5. ^ The Christian Science Journal, December 2007, p. 112

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