First Church of Christ, Scientist | |
Location | 1200 N. Robinson Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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Coordinates | 35°29′7″N97°31′8.76″W / 35.48528°N 97.5191000°W |
Built | 1922 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 01000949 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 9, 2001 |
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist is an historic Christian Science church building located at 1200 North Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Built in 1920, it was designed in the Classical Revival style of architecture. On September 9, 2001, was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Oklahoma City businessman and tax attorney, Travis Watkins, purchased the former First Church of Christ, Scientist building at 1200 N. Robinson in August, 2018 as the headquarters of Travis W. Watkins Tax Resolution & Accounting Firm. [2] First Church of Christ, Scientist now holds services at 4700 North Portland.
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The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1939, is an historic Classical revival style Christian Science church edifice located at 501 Riverside Drive, overlooking the Truckee River in Reno, Nevada. Anna Frandsen Loomis, a wealthy local Christian Scientist, underwrote the $120,000 cost of the building, including land acquisition and architect's fees. She was responsible for hiring noted Los Angeles architect Paul Revere Williams, the first African-American member of the AIA. In 1998 the congregation sold the building and used the funds from the sale to construct a new church at 795 West Peckham Lane. Church member and local theater patron Moya Lear donated $1.1 million to the Reno-Sparks Theater Community Coalition, which used the funding to purchase the First Church of Christ, Scientist and renamed it the Lear Theater.
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The First Christian Church is a historic church building at 1104 N. Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was built in 1911. The original First Christian church Oklahoma City moved from this location in December 1956.