| First Church of Christ, Scientist Los Angeles, California | |
| Nrhp Type: | cp |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Partof: | Alvarado Terrace Historic District |
| Partof Refnum: | 84000783 |
| Designated Other1: | LAHCM |
| Designated Other1 Date: | July 7, 1971 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 89 |
| Location: | 1366 South Alvarado Street Los Angeles, California |
| Built: | 1912 |
| Architect: | Elmer Grey |
| Architecture: | Beaux Arts, Italianate, Spanish Romanesque Revival |
| Added: | May 17, 1984 |
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1912, is a historic Christian Science church edifice located at 1366 South Alvarado Street in Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California.
The former church is a Historic district contributing property in the Alvarado Terrace Historic District, which was added on May 17, 1984, to the National Register of Historic Places. It is also a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist was designed by noted Los Angeles architect, Elmer Grey in a mixture of Beaux Arts—Italianate—Spanish Romanesque Revival styles.[1]
The church building was sold in 1972 and was used as a synagogue for a time. It then become the Los Angeles branch of the ill-fated Disciples of Christ church, known as the Peoples Temple, led by the Reverend Jim Jones. First Church of Christ, Scientist, is no longer listed in the Christian Science Journal.[2]
It is now a Spanish-speaking Seventh-day Adventist church called Iglesia Adventista Central.[1] [3]