First Church of Christ, Scientist (Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
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First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1939, is an historic redbrick Colonial Revival style Christian Science
church located at 1100 Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
. Its entrance portico is supported by 6 Corinthian
columns on the front and 4 on the rear. The steeple is centered behind the portico. Its auditorium has 18 feet (5.5 m) high plain glass arched windows on either side. Like most Christian Science churches, the focal point of its auditorium is the readers' platform with its double lectern to accommodate the two Readers who conduct the service. It was designed by noted Chicago
-based architect
Charles Draper Faulkner
, who was renowned for the churches and other buildings that he designed in the United States
and Japan
. He designed over 33 Christian Science
church buildings and wrote a book called Christian Science Church Edifices which features this church as well as many others.
In 2002, Mt. Lebanon magazine featured First Church of Christ, Scientist, along with 3 other local churches in an article on Colonial style churches.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Mt. Lebanon, is still an active Christian Science church.
Christian Science
Christian Science is a system of thought and practice derived from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Bible. It is practiced by members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist as well as some others who are nonmembers. Its central texts are the Bible and the Christian Science textbook,...
church located at 1100 Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Mt. Lebanon is a home rule municipality, formerly a township, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 33,137 at the 2010 census....
. Its entrance portico is supported by 6 Corinthian
Corinthian order
The Corinthian order is one of the three principal classical orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric and Ionic. When classical architecture was revived during the Renaissance, two more orders were added to the canon, the Tuscan order and the Composite order...
columns on the front and 4 on the rear. The steeple is centered behind the portico. Its auditorium has 18 feet (5.5 m) high plain glass arched windows on either side. Like most Christian Science churches, the focal point of its auditorium is the readers' platform with its double lectern to accommodate the two Readers who conduct the service. It was designed by noted Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Charles Draper Faulkner
Charles Draper Faulkner
Charles Draper Faulkner Charles Draper Faulkner Charles Draper Faulkner ((March 11, 1890 – December 31, 1979) was a Chicago-based American architect renowned for the churches and other buildings that he designed in the United States and Japan...
, who was renowned for the churches and other buildings that he designed in the United States
United States
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and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He designed over 33 Christian Science
Christian Science
Christian Science is a system of thought and practice derived from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Bible. It is practiced by members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist as well as some others who are nonmembers. Its central texts are the Bible and the Christian Science textbook,...
church buildings and wrote a book called Christian Science Church Edifices which features this church as well as many others.
In 2002, Mt. Lebanon magazine featured First Church of Christ, Scientist, along with 3 other local churches in an article on Colonial style churches.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Mt. Lebanon, is still an active Christian Science church.
Resources
- Faulkner, Charles Draper, Christian Science Church Edifices second edition, 1946, Chicago: self published, has a plot plan on p. 68 and pictures of the church's exterior and interior on pp. 162, 164, 166, 168 and 296.