First Church of Christ, Scientist (Berkeley, California)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
Location 2619 Dwight Way, Berkeley, California
Coordinates 37°51′56.75″N 122°15′21.75″W / 37.8657639°N 122.2560417°W / 37.8657639; -122.2560417Coordinates: 37°51′56.75″N 122°15′21.75″W / 37.8657639°N 122.2560417°W / 37.8657639; -122.2560417
Built 1910
Architect Bernard Ralph Maybeck
Architectural style Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP Reference # 77000283
BERKL # 5
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 22, 1977[1]
Designated NHL

December 22, 1977

[2]
Designated BERKL

December 15, 1975

[3]

First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christian Science church, located at 2892 Dwight Way and Bowditch Street across the street from Peoples Park, in the South Berkeley neighborhood of Berkeley, in Alameda County, California.[4]

The Christian Science Society, Berkeley, a slightly smaller version of First Church of Christ Scientist, Berkeley, continues to meet in the over-100-year-old church building.[5]

History

"The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley held its first service in Wilkin's Hall, 2412 Haste Street, on Sunday, March 12, 1905, and its present membership— October, 1905—is forty-eight. A lot was bought (2892 Dwight Way) in June, and a church building will be erected later on." [6]

The historic 1910 church was designed by renowned architect Bernard Ralph Maybeck (1862–1957), in a primarily American Craftsman style, with Byzantine Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Gothic Revival style elements.[7] The church is widely considered one of Maybeck's masterpieces.[8][9]

The basic plan is that of a square or Greek cross, with two pair of great crossed trusses spanning the central space overhead. In 1929 a Sunday School addition was added to the Church.

Landmark

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977, and is on the National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, California.[2][10]

In October 2005, the Friends were awarded a prestigious federal Save America's Treasurers (SAT) Grant, for the roof replacement and seismic strengthening of the 1910 Church and much of the 1929 Sunday School addition.[11] The church received a Getty Architectural Conservation Implementation Grant in 2006, to enable the completion of the seismic strengthening of the Church and Sunday School addition.[11][12] In 2009 and 2010 the Friends received University of California Berkeley Chancellor's Community Partnership Grants for restoring the garden setting of the church.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "First Church of Christ, Scientist". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-27.
  3. ↑ "Berkeley Landmarks". Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  4. ↑ 1st Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley homepage
  5. ↑ Christian Science Society, Berkeley homepage
  6. ↑ Christian Science Society, Berkeley.org: From The Christian Science Journal, December 1905, "Among the Churches, Progress in Berkeley, California"
  7. ↑ Friends of First Church Berkeley: Interior
  8. ↑ Maybeck And His Work
  9. ↑ Berkeley Landmarks :: First Church of Christ, Scientist
  10. ↑ Carolyn Pitts (July 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: First Church of Christ Scientist" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 5 photos, exterior, undated, assumed 1977 or earlier (2.52 MB)
  11. 1 2 3 Friends of First Church Berkeley: Preservation Grants
  12. ↑ Friends of First Church Berkeley: Restoration images
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