Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (San Francisco, California) explained
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist |
| Location Town: | 300 Funston Ave.,
San Francisco, California |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Architect: | Carl Werner[1] |
| Client: | Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist |
| Completion Date: | 1923 |
| Cost: | ~$125,000–$150,000 |
| Style: | Classical Revival |
| Size: | 23,000 square feet |
The Internet Archive building, housed in the former Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, is a historic building located at 300 Funston Avenue, corner of Clement Street, in the Richmond District of San Francisco, California. Built in 1923, it was designed by noted San Francisco architect Carl Werner in the Classical Revival style of architecture.[2] [3] The approximately 23000square feet building is now the headquarters of the Internet Archive.[4]
History
The original cost for its construction was cited at about $125,000 in a 1922 issue of Building and Engineering News; meanwhile The Bridgemen's Magazine and the Engineering News-Record cited a $150,000 figure.[5] [6] [7]
Due to the dwindling size of its congregation and the increased cost of maintaining such a large building, the building was sold in 2009 to the Internet Archive for $4.5 million. The Archive chose the church based on its Greek Revival design, which resembles the logo of the Internet Archive.[8] [9] The last church service was held on Thanksgiving Day of that year. Although no longer listed in the Christian Science Journal,[10] Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist is still listed by the California Secretary of State as being active with an office in Hillsborough.[11]
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Notes and References
- Paul E. Ivey, Prayers in stone: Christian Science architecture in the United States, 1894-1930, p. xiii
- News: Evangelista . Benny . October 13, 2012 . Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive . SFGATE . live . September 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220317234952/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Brewster-Kahle-s-Internet-Archive-3946898.php . March 17, 2022.
- News: Dunnigan . Frank . Streetwise: Lost Houses of Worship . OpenSFHistory . Western Neighborhoods Project . live . September 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220909032459/https://www.opensfhistory.org/osfhcrucible/2021/06/27/streetwise-lost-houses-of-worship/ . September 9, 2022.
- News: Dineen . J.K. . Torres . Blanca . October 4, 2009 . Internet Archive pays $4.5M for former church . San Francisco Business Times . live . September 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150630224814/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/10/05/newscolumn1.html . June 30, 2015.
- News: 4th Church of Christ Scientist, Richmond District, San Francisco, CA (1922-1923) . Pacific Coast Architecture Database . University of Washington . live . September 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220909031923/https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/19728/ . September 9, 2022.
- Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=b20tAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA414 . The Bridgemen's Magazine . 1922 . International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers . 414 . en . Iron & Steel Construction News.
- Book: Engineering News-Record . 1922 . McGraw-Hill . 1922 . 89 . 107 . en . 1.
- Lepore . Jill . January 26, 2015 . The Cobweb: Can the Internet be archived? . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124101030/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/26/cobweb . November 24, 2022 . September 3, 2017.
- News: In An Old Church, The Internet Archive Stores Our Digital History . KALW . 11 September 2019 . en.
- http://journal.christianscience.com/directory Christian Science Journal Directory
- http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/ California Secretary of State Business Search
