First Church of Christ, Scientist (Ottawa)

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First Church of Christ, Scientist (Ottawa)
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First Church of Christ, Scientist, (Ottawa)
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Ottawa)
45°24′56″N75°41′28″W / 45.415583°N 75.69116°W / 45.415583; -75.69116
Location288 Metcalfe Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 1R8
Denomination Christian Science
History
Consecrated 1914
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) J.P. Maclaren,
Architectural type Italianate
Style Neoclassicism
Groundbreaking 1913

First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christian Science church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [1]

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History

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The church in 1915.

The church was first organized in 1899. Its current Italianate style building in Centretown was designed by John Pritchard MacLaren (architect) 1913–14. [2] The church is one of only a few such buildings in Ottawa. The church maintains a Reading Room on Laurier Avenue in downtown Ottawa.

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References

  1. http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Ontario-s-Places-of-Worship/Inventory/Search-results-details.aspx?ItemID=5135 Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine Heritage Trust
  2. "John Pritchard MacLaren". Archived from the original on 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2012-03-26.