First Church of Christ, Scientist (Fairmont, Minnesota)

This article is about the building at 222 Blue Earth Avenue. For the building at 205 Albion Avenue, see First Church of Christ, Scientist, Albion Avenue (Fairmont, Minnesota).
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Location 222 Blue Earth Ave., East
Fairmont, Minnesota
Coordinates 43°39′7″N 94°27′34″W / 43.65194°N 94.45944°WCoordinates: 43°39′7″N 94°27′34″W / 43.65194°N 94.45944°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1898
Architect Harry Wild Jones; builder: Fred Grupe
Architectural style Other, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 88000594[1]
Added to NRHP May 19, 1988

The former First Church of Christ, Scientist located at 222 East Blue Earth Avenue, in Fairmont, Minnesota, is an historic structure that on May 18, 1988, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is now owned by Martin County, which leases it to the Martin County Preservation Association.[2] It is now known as the Red Rock Center for the Arts.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fairmont, was organized October 1, 1891, and the church edifice, designed by noted Minnesota architect, Harry Wild Jones was completed in 1898. Sioux quartzite blocks quarried in Minnesota were used for the walls. The massive blocks are called red rocks because of their color and this gave rise to the present name of the building.[2]

In 1937, First Church sold the building to the Christian Church of Fairmont which sold it in 1988 to a businessman.[3]

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fairmont, had another church building built at 205 Albion Avenue (between Tilden and Forest streets), which was designed by noted Chicago architect, Charles Draper Faulkner in the Colonial Revival style.[4] That building is now the Lakeview Funeral Home.[5]

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fairmont, is no longer in existence

Preservation

The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)[6] has selected the Martin County Preservation Association as one of its 2007 AASLH Award of Merit Winners, for work to preserve, restore and reuse this historic building.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Red Rock Center Restoration Project - About
  3. ↑ History of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fairmont, Minnesota
  4. ↑ Faulkner, Charles Draper, Christian Science Church Edifices second edition, 1946, Chicago: self published, frontispiece, pp, 76, 382, 384, & 386
  5. ↑ Lakeview Funeral Home website
  6. ↑ Welcome to AASLH
  7. ↑ Red Rock Center Restoration Project

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