This is a list of former Christian Science churches, societies, and buildings. Following its early meteoric rise, the Christian Science Church suffered a steep decline in membership in the second half of the twentieth century. Though the Church is prohibited by the Manual of The Mother Church from publishing membership figures, the number of branch churches in the United States has fallen steadily since World War II. A 1992 study of the Christian Research Journal found that church membership had fallen from 269,000 in the 1930s to about 150,000.[1] Some believe membership has fallen further since then, however current estimates for church membership vary widely, from under 100,000 to 600,000.[2]
Dr. Stephen Barrett has reported that since 1971, the number of practitioners and teachers listed in the Christian Science Journal has fallen from about 5,000 to about 1,160 and the number of churches has fallen from about 1,800 to about 1,000.[3]
The purpose of this list is to identify and quantify this decline in Christian Science institutions and those related to Christian Science, as well as catalog the buildings and spaces once used by the Christian Science Church. While it is impossible to get accurate membership figures, it is possible to determine the decline in institutions through official church publications and other sources.
Notes:
| Name | Image | Location | Status | Architecture | Dates | Notes | |||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Lethbridge). | http://digitallibrary.uleth.ca/cdm/singleitem/collection/cityphotos/id/755/rec/1 | 1203 4th Avenue, South Lethbridge, Alberta 49.695°N -112.8288°W | Dissolved; building relocated | Local | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (North Vancouver). | 185 Keith Road, North Vancouver, British Columbia 49.3155°N -123.0711°W | Dissolved | Classical Revival, designed by Honeyman and Curtis | 1925 built 1995 North Vancouver-listed | Now North Shore Bethel Christian Mennonite Brethren Church | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Vancouver). | 1160 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia 49.2864°N -123.1248°W | Dissolved | Colonial Revival, designed by Matheson and De Guerre | 1918 built 2003 Vancouver-listed[4] | Now Coastal Church | ||||||||
| Name | Image | Location | Status | Description | Architect | Style | Date | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Birmingham, Alabama) | 2031 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama | Relocated | Used as office space since relocation.[10] | Wheelock, H. B.[11] | Classical Revival | 1911 | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Birmingham, Alabama) | 3116 Highland Avenue, South Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama | Relocated | Now Independent Presbyterian Church.[12] First Church meets at 209 Oxmoor Circle, Suite 701, Homewood, Alabama[13] | Faulkner, James Draper[14] | Georgian Revival | 1950 | |||||||||
| Christian Science Society (Gadsden, Alabama) | 806 Walnut Street Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama | Formed 1948Dissolved 2013[15] | Now occupied by The Walnut Gallery.[16] | ? | Carpenter Gothic | 1913 ? | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Juneau, Alaska) | 430 Main St. corner 5th St. Juneau, Alaska | Dissolved | Sold to State of Alaska, March 2010. Early sale to Juneau Unitarian Universalist Fellowship fell through[17] | 1914 or earlier | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Phoenix, Arizona) | 924 N. 1st St. Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 33.4583°N -112.0722°W | Relocated | Now Roosevelt Community Church. First Church is now located at 830 North Central Avenue.[18] | Fitzhugh & Byron | Classical Revival | 1925 built 1993 NRHP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Little Rock, Arkansas) | 2000 South Louisiana Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 34.7294°N -92.275°W | Dissolved | became the Little Rock Community Church | Mixed | 1919 built 1994 NRHP | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Long Beach, California). | 440 Elm Ave, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California | Formed 1904Dissolved | Seated 900. Now First Christian Church. First Church of Christ, Scientist, now holds services at 3629 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach | Grey, Elmer | Classical Revival | 1913 built Local | |||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Long Beach, California) | 655 Cedar Ave., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California | Dissolved | Seated 1400. Now the Second Samoan Congregational Church. | Shields, Fisher and Lake | Classical Revival | 1924 built 2005 NRHP | |||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Long Beach, California | 3000 Eliot Street, now 3000 E Third Street, Long Beach, California | Incorporated 1920[19] Dissolved | Seated 400. Now Arabic Bible Christian Church. | Classical Revival | 1921 built[20] | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist 1901, Los Angeles, California | 635-639 West 17th Street, Los Angeles[21] | Incorporated 1898[22] Relocated 1912 | Seated 600.[23] The building was outgrown by 1912. It was a United Brethren church for many years. The entry below is for the new building. | Martin, M. Paul | Classical Revival | 1901 built | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ 1912, Scientist Los Angeles, California | 1366 South Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, California | Relocated 1912Merged 1972 Dissolved 2004 | Seated 1300. The congregation merged with 25th Church in 1972 and took 25th's location.[24] Now the Iglesia Adventista Central. | Grey, Elmer | Mixed | 1912 built 1971 LAHCM 1984 NRHP-CP | |||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, California | 948 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, California | Incorporated 1898[25] Dissolved 2002 | Seated 1200. Now The Art of Living Foundation | Rosenheim, Alfred H. | Classical Revival | 1910 builtLAHCM 57 1968 | |||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, California | library photo | 730 S Hope Street, Los Angeles, California | Incorporated 1909Relocated | Seated 2000. The church purchased Simpson Auditorium in 1910 and built a new entrance.[26] It was razed after being damaged by the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. | Apponyi, Charles Edward | 1889 built | |||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (Los Angeles, California) | 5206 N. Figueroa Street, Highland Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | Incorporated 1909[27] Dissolved 1988 | Now Mystic Dharma Buddhist Temple. Fourth Church met for a time at the Highland Park Ebell Clubhouse before dissolving. | Milwaukee Building Company, aka Meyer & Holler | Classical Revival | 1924 built | |||||||||
| Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist 1912, Los Angeles, California | 7107 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles (Hollywood), California | Incorporated 1909Rebuilt 1959 | Seated 1000. Replaced by new building at the same location in 1959. | Meline, Frank | Greek Revival | 1915 built | |||||||||
| Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist 1959, Los Angeles, California[28] | 7107 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | Incorporated 1909Relocated | Seated 814. Now Mosaic Baptist church. Fifth Church meets at 5850 West 3rd St., Unit B | Elwell, Howard | Mid-Century Modern | 1959 built | |||||||||
| Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, California | 936 West 49th Street, Los Angeles, California | Incorporated 1917Dissolved 1965 | Seated 926 after 1931 remodel. Now St. John Baptist Church. 19th and 44th Churches merged and took the name of 10th Church in 1967 at a new location. | Howard, George A.[29] | Greek Revival | 1918 built1930-1931 remodeled | |||||||||
| Twelfth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, California | 14654 Hamlin Street, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | Incorporated 1922Dissolved | Now Canoga Park Seventh Day Adventist Church[30] | Meyer & Holler | Spanish Mission | 1931-1932 built | |||||||||
| Thirteenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, California | 1750 North Edgemont Street, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | Incorporated 1921Relocated | Now a Full Gospel Church. Thirteenth Church meets at 1776 Vermont Avenue. | Allison & Allison | Italian Revival | 1930 built | |||||||||
| Fourteenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, California | 3690 Motor Avenue, Los Angeles, California | Incorporated 1922Dissolved 2017 | Seated 412. Replaced with Los Angeles Fire Dept. Station 43. | Hunter, Paul R.[31] | 1952 built | ||||||||||
| Nineteenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles | library photo | 1650 Federal Avenue, Los Angeles, California | Formed 1915Merged in 10th 1967 | Seated 285. Originally a society, in 1915 it became 1st Church, Sawtelle. When Sawtelle was annexed by Los Angeles, it became 19th Church.[32] Replaced with an apartment complex. | Parr, F. H. P[33] | Mission Revival | 1928-1929 built | ||||||||
| Twenty-Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles | 1014 South Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, California | Incorporated 1927Merged 1972 Dissolved 2004 | Seated 1100. Sold to Yeshiva Gedolah's High School in 1999. Twenty-Fifth Church merged into First Church. | Kelley, H. Roy | Georgian Revival | 1933 built | |||||||||
| Twenty-Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles | 470 North St. Andrews Place, Los Angeles, California | Formed 1928Dissolved 1985 | Seated 966.[34] Now Wilton Korean Presbyterian Church. | Meyer & Holler | 1929 built | ||||||||||
| Twenty-Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles | 1018 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, California 90024 | Incorporated 1929Reduced attendance | The 1955 Lyndon designed auditorium building was demolished in 2017, a Sunday School and Reading Room remain.[35] | Mid-Century Modern with integrated courtyards and landscaping | 1955 built | ||||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist (San Francisco, California) | 651 Dolores St., San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | Organized 1908[36] Relocated 2012 | Seated 1000. Converted to condos in 2016. Second Church now meets at 2287 Mission St. | Crim, William H. | Beaux Arts and Classical Revival | 1916 built | |||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco | agency photos | 1250 Haight Street, San Francisco, California | Incorporated 1909Dissolved 1996 | Currently senior housing owned by Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC)[37] | Romanesque Revival | 1915 built[38] | |||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco | 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | Organized 1912Dissolved 2017 | Now houses the Internet Archive | Werner, Carl | Classical Revival | 1923 built[39] | |||||||||
| Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco | wikimapia photos | 2116 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, California | Incorporated 1913[40] Dissolved 1973 | Seated 1000. Now houses Iglesia ni Cristo. | Crim, William H. | Greek Revival | 1923-1925 built[41] | ||||||||
| Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco | 2012 newsletter image | 1984 Great Highway, San Francisco, California | Incorporated 1917Dissolved 1991 | Now houses the Growing Tree School | Cottage | 1905 built[42] | |||||||||
| Twelfth Church of Christ, Scientist (San Francisco, California) | 60 Onondaga Ave. San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | Incorporated 1942Dissolved 1971 | Now the Croatian American Cultural Center[43] [44] | ||||||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (Denver, Colorado) | 3101 W. 31st Ave, Denver, Denver County, Colorado 39.7611°N -105.0269°W | Dissolved | Now the Zen Center of Denver | Hoyt and Hoyt | Renaissance | 1921 built 2004 NRHP-listed | |||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Hartford, Connecticut)[45] | 129 Lafayette Street Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut | Relocated | Now owned by the State of Connecticut.[46] Second Church holds services in its Reading Room.[47] | Allen, Isaac A., and Son | Georgian Revival | 1927 | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist(Old Saybrook, Connecticut) | 25 Old Boston Post Road Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut | Dissolved | Now owned by Rich Carter and Steve Robson | Burton, Frank | 1950 | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Cocoa, Florida) | 121 Derby Street Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida | Relocated | Building at 121 Derby Street, bought in 1955 from the Seventh-Day Adventists, is now the Historic Derby Street Chapel. First Church relocated to 235 Indian River Drive. | Russell, Alonzo Bruce | Craftsman | 1924 | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Jacksonville, Florida) | 101 W 1st St (formerly 1116 N Laura St), Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida | Dissolved | Voluntarily dissolved August 10, 1993[48] Its former building is now the Jacksonville branch of the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum | Marsh and Saxelbye | Classical Revival | 1921 built 1986 NRHP-CP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Miami | 1836 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida | Relocated | Sold in 2012 for $6.25 million. Building will be preserved and reused as a retail space with a 38-story condo tower built above and partially around it. First church now meets in its reading room at 15 West Flagler Street in Miami. | Classical Revival | 1925 built ___NRHP eligible | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Surfside, Florida) | 228 89th St, corner of Harding Ave., Surfside, Miami-Dade County, Florida | Delisted, withdrew from The Mother Church, changed name and relocated. | Current name is Church of Christ Jesus and Mary Baker Eddy Christian Science, Inc. Services are held at Christian Science Endtime Center in Denver, Colorado[49] [50] Its former building is now the Casa de Jesus.[51] | Florida modern | 1953 | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Orlando, Florida) | 24 North Rosalind Avenue Orlando, Orange County, Florida | Relocated | Now St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church.[52] First Church relocated to 915 North Ferncreek .[53] | Dunham, George Foote | Classical Revival | 1926-27 built 1980 NRHP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (St. Petersburg, Florida) | 253 Fifth Avenue, North St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida | Relocated | Now the Palladium at St. Petersburg College. First Church is relocated to 6333 1st Street, Northeast. | Cheney, Howard Lovewell | Romanesque Revival | 1925 built 2003 NRHP-CP | |||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist (St. Petersburg, Florida) | 6099 Central Avenue St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida | Merged | Building at 6099 Central Avenue is now FreeFall Theatre. Second Church merged with First Church at 6333 1st Street, Northeast.[54] | ||||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 4017 S. Drexel Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | Now the Grant Memorial AME Church | Beman, Solon Spencer | Classical Revival | 1897 built | |||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 2151 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | Now the Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church | Garden, Hugh M.G. | Classical Revival | 1921 built 1989 CL 2016 NRHP | |||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 6659 S. Harvard Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | Sold to Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in 1960. | Beman, Solon Spencer | Classical Revival | 1904 built ___Local | |||||||||
| Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois)[55] [56] | 4840 S. Dorchester Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | Later the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Salem Baptist Church. Now developed for 13 townhomes, May 2015. | Beman, Solon Spencer | Classical Revival | 1904 built | |||||||||
| Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 11321 S. Prairie Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Now Mission of Faith Baptist Church. | Beman, Solon Spencer | 1910-12[57] | |||||||||||
| Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 5318 N. Kenmore Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Demolished before 1979.[58] [59] | Beman, Solon Spencer | 1907-08 | |||||||||||
| Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 4359 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Later the Centennial Missionary Baptist Church. Sold in 2021.[60] | Stanhope, Leon | Classical Revival | 1908/1910-11[61] | ||||||||||
| Ninth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | Postcard image | 6154 S. Woodlawn Ave.,[62] Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | First Church and Ninth Church merged in 1949, and retained the First Church name.[63] [64] Ninth's building was sold to St. John Baptist Temple in 1956,[65] and Christ Church Chicago in 2020.[66] | Barkhausen, Carl | Classical Revival | 1916 | ||||||||
| Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 5640 S. Blackstone Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Sold to St. Stephen’s Church of God in the 1960s. Sold and resold to a string of developers since 1997. Owned by developer John Liu since 2015.[67] [68] | Coolidge & Hodgdon | Classical Revival | 1917 | ||||||||||
| Eleventh Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 2840 W. Logan Blvd., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | Now Central Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Iglesia Adventista Hispana Central). | Stanhope, Leon | Neo-classical Revival | 1918 | |||||||||
| Twelfth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago | 623 Grace Street, Chicago, Illinois | Incorporated 1913[69] 1921 Aeolian Hall1926 Grace Street[70] Dissolved by 2000 | Replaced by Grace Street Towers apartments | Cheney, Howard Lovewell | Greek Revival | 1925-1926 | |||||||||
| Sixteenth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 7201 N. Ashland Blvd., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Relocated | Now the Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, Saint George Parish. Sixteenth Church is now located at 7036 N. Ridge Avenue [71] | Cheney, Howard Lovewell | Classical Revival | 1924 | |||||||||
| Eighteenth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | 7262 S.Coles Ave, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | Purchased by St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in 1971. | Byzantine Revival | 1926 | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Evanston, Illinois) | 1912 photo at Newberry Library | 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | Now Nichols Concert Hall of the Music Institute of Chicago | Beman, Solon Spencer | Classical Revival | 1912 | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Riverside, Illinois)[72] | Photos from The Prairie School Traveler | 135 Longcommon Road, Riverside, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | Now a private residence. | Cheney, Howard Lovewell | Prairie School | 1920 built | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Rock Island, Illinois) | 700 22nd Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois | Dissolved | Now a Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum[73] | Jones, William C. | Palladian | 1914-15 built 1998 NRHP-CP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ Scientist (Skokie, Illinois) | 1953 Architectural Rendering from Illinois Digital Archives | 7800 Niles Ave., Skokie, Cook County, Illinois | Dissolved | Now Devar Emet Messianic Synagogue | Kroeber, Walter | Mid-century Modern | 1962 built | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Wheaton, Illinois) | 327 North Main St, Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois | Dissolved | Now vacant. Part of Saint John Lutheran Church campus | Classical Revival | 1905 built | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Huntington, Indiana) | 815 Warren St., Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana | Dissolved | Listed as a Society for most of its history, a Church for several years in the 1920s, then a Society. Dissolved between 1988 and 1993, when the building was donated to be the Dan Quayle Center. | ||||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Kokomo, Indiana) | 300 E. Mulberry Street Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana | Relocated | Now the Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church. CS Society meets at 1521 W. Lincoln | 1924 built | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Muncie, Indiana) | 326 W Charles Street Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana | Dissolved | Now the Rainbow Cathedral, which wants to sell the building[74] | Crabb, Everett H. | Renaissance Revival | 1929 built | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Anita, Iowa) | 812 3rd Street, Anita, Cass County, Iowa | Dissolved | Now the Anita Public Library | 1931 built No, eligible | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) | 1246 2nd Ave. SE. Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 41.9851°N -91.6559°W | Relocated | The First Christian Science congregation in Iowa. Now The City Church. First Church relocated to 640 Blairs Ferry Road, NE. | Classical Revival | 1915 built 2017 NRHP | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Davenport, Iowa) | 636 Kirkwood Boulevard Davenport, Scott County, Iowa 41.5364°N -90.565°W | Relocated | Now the Harvest Time Family Worship Center. First Church relocated to 3705 Fairhaven Road. | Clausen and Clausen | Classical Revival | 1912 built 1984 NRHP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Fairfield, Iowa) | 300 East Burlington Ave, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa | Dissolved | Now St. Gabriel and All Angels Liberal Catholic Church | 1927 built ___No, eligible | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Marshalltown, Iowa) | 412 W Main St, Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa | Dissolved | Bulldozed in August, 1985.[75] | Garden, Hugh M.G. | Prairie School | 1903 built 1979 NRHP 1985 demolished 1998 NRHP-delisted | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Mason City, Iowa) | 23 3rd St, N.W., Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | Dissolved | Now professional offices | Smith, Clyde W. | 1928 built 2005 NRHP | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Shreveport, Louisiana) | 3201 Centenary Boulevard Shreveport, Caddo Parrish, Louisiana | Relocated | Now a Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum.[76] First Church relocated to 3424 Line Avenue | ? | ? | 1930[77] | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Atchison, Kansas) | 401 Santa Fe St., Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas | Dissolved | Now the Presbyterian Community Center and is home to Theatre Atchison.[78] | ? | Classical Revival | 1913 built | |||||||||
| Christian Science Church (Chatham, Massachusetts) | 805 Main Street, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts | Relocated | Now the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Chatham.[79] There is a CS Journal listing for First Church, Harwich-Chatham, located in Harwich Port.[80] | Unknown | |||||||||||
| Mary Baker Eddy Home | 400 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Dissolved | Sold to the Longyear Foundation, which is now restoring it.[81] | Peabody and Stearns, 1880; Solon Spencer Beman, 1907 | 1880 built 1986 NRHP | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts) | 391 Walnut St., Newtonville, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Relocated | Now Oxford House apartments. Building at 391 Walnut Street was sold for $1,050,000 to be converted into apartments.[82] First Church now meets at 1141 Walnut St, Newton Highlands | Densmore, LeClear and Robbins | Georgian Revival | 1940 built 1986 NRHP-CP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Dedham, Massachusetts) | 619 High Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts | Dissolved | Now professional offices[83] | Georgian Revival | 1939 built | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Worcester | 880 Main Street Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts | Now Cultural Center Hrisohorafiton Alexander the Great, a Greek cultural center | |||||||||||||
| First Church of Christ Scientist (Battle Creek, Michigan) | 226 Capital Ave NE Battle Creek, Calhoun, County, Michigan | Relocated | Now The Potters House Church.[84] First Church is now located at 99 North Ave.[85] | ||||||||||||
| First Church of Christ Scientist (Detroit) | 4743 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Wayne, County, Michigan | Relocated | Sold in 1961 to Wayne State University and now houses the university's Hillberry Theatre | Smith, Hinchman & Grylls | Neoclassical | 1917 built 1978 NRHP-CP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ Scientist (Kalamazoo, Michigan) | Corner of South & Park sts. Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, County, Michigan | Relocated | Since 2006 owned by Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, which has rented it out to churches. First Church relocated to 1225 Portage Street | Jones, William C. | Neoclassical | 1913-1914 built[86] | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Marquette, Michigan)[87] | 223 Blaker St., Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan | Now The Citadel. | Anderson, David | Neo Greek Revival | 1926 built | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1897 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | 614-620 15th Street, East, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota | Relocated later dissolved | Demolished in August 2022 | Bowler, Septimus J. | Mixed | 1897 built 1986 NRHP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1914 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | 2315 Nicollet Ave (Nicollet Ave & E 24th St) Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota | Dissolved | Now the Minneapolis First Seventh-day Adventist Church.[88] [89] [90] | Beman, Solon Spencer | 1914 built | ||||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | 3100 Park Avenue South (31st St E and Park Avenue S), Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota | Now All God's Children Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) | |||||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Fairmont, Minnesota) | 222 E Blue Earth Ave, Fairmont, Martin County, Minnesota | Dissolved | Now the Red Rock Center for the Arts. Church sold building in 1937 and moved to a second building at 205 Albion Avenue, but later dissolved. | Jones, Harry Wild | Richardsonian Romanesque | 1898 built 1986 NRHP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Albion Avenue (Fairmont, Minnesota) | 205 Albion Ave, Fairmont, Martin County, Minnesota | Dissolved | Now the Lakeview Funeral Home. | Faulkner, Charles Draper | Georgian Revival | 1937 built | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Duluth, Minnesota) | 902 East 1st St, Duluth, St. LouisCounty, Minnesota | Relocated | Now a Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum | 1912 built | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Vicksburg, Mississippi) | 206 Main Street, Vicksburg, Adams County, Mississippi | Dissolved | As of 1973, the church was located in the former Commercial Bank, which was declared a National Historic Landmark that year. The church is no longer in existence. | Unknown | Greek Revival | 1833 built 1974 NRHP 1974 NHL | |||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Louis, Missouri | 5807 Murdoch Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri | Incorporated 1902Dissolved 1990 | Seated 650.[91] Now a branch bank. | Schoelmann, Carl F.[92] | Neoclassical | 1941 built | |||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Louis, Missouri | 3524 Russell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri | Incorporated 1906Dissolved 1985 | Became The New Paradise Missionary Baptist Church, then a Karpeles Manuscript Library. In 2019 it was badly burned and may be demolished.[93] | Greek Revival | 1911 built | ||||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Louis, Missouri | 5569 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri | Incorporated 1908Dissolved 1980 | Seated 1000. Now Solomon's Temple Church. | Groves, Albert B.[94] | Italian Renaissance | 1910 built | |||||||||
| Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Louis, Missouri | 1946 museum photo | 3452 Potomac, St. Louis, Missouri | Incorporated 1914Dissolved 2000 | Seated 250. Now the Metro Christian Worship Center. | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Butte, Montana) | 229 North Montana Street, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana | Unknown | Sold September 15, 2014 | Arnold, Walter | Classical Revival | 1920 built ___ CP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Reno, Nevada) | 501 Riverside Drive, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada 39.5242°N -119.8183°W | Relocated | Now the Lear Theater. First Church relocated to 795 West Peckham Lane. | Williams, Paul Revere | Classical Revival | 1939 built 1999 NRHP | |||||||||
| Christian Science Pleasant View Home | 227 Pleasant St, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire | Dissolved | Now a profit-making retirement home.[95] | Bowditch, Arthur H., building; Arthur Asahel Shurcliff, landscaping | Georgian Revival | 1926 built 1984 NRHP | |||||||||
| Christian Science Society (Cape May, New Jersey) | 34 Gurney St, corner of Columbia St, Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey | Dissolved | Now a bed and breakfast | Button, Stephen Decatur | Gothic Revival | 1869-70 built 1970 NRHP-CP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Plainfield, New Jersey) | 905 Prospect Ave, corner E 9th St. PlainfieldUnion County, New Jersey | Delisted, withdrew from The Mother Church, changed name | Now Plainfield Christian Science Church, Independent. Dropped from the CS Journal in 1977.[96] | unknown | Georgian Revival | unknown | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Buffalo, New York) | 220 North St., Buffalo, Erie County, New York | Relocated/Merged | Now a Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum.[97] Relocated in 1992, then merged in 1996 with First Church, Kenmore | Solon S. Beman | Classical Revival | 1912 built ___Local | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (New York, New York) | One West 96th Street at Central Park West Manhattan, New York County, New York | Merged | In 2003 First Church of Christ, Scientist merged with Second Church of Christ, Scientist. The merged CS congregation now uses the name First Church but worships at the former Second Church on 68th Street. The building at 96th Street was then the Crenshaw Christian Center and later sold to the Children's Museum. | ` | |||||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (New York City) | 551 Ft. Washington Avenue, corner of 185th Street, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York County, New York | Dissolved | Now Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights | Cherry and Matz | |||||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Staten Island, New York)[98] | 13 New Dorp Lane New Dorp Staten Island, Richmond County, New York | Dissolved | |||||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Cleveland, Ohio) | 2200 Overlook Road,41.5031°N -81.5997°W in the University Circle area of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio | Incorporated 1891Relocated | Now the headquarters of Nottingham•Spirk Design Associates. First Church is now located at 3181 Fairmount Boulevard. | Walker and Weeks | |||||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Cleveland, Ohio | 7710 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio | Merged with First Church in 2004. Now occupied by Church of God and True Holiness. | Striebinger, Frederick N. | Classical Revival | 1916 built | ||||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Cleveland, Ohio) | 3648 W 25th St (now 3648 Pearl Rd), Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio | Organized 1903Dissolved 1992 | Vacant in 1907. Now Bethlehem Temple of Praise Church.[99] | Striebinger, Frederick N. | Classical Revival | 1906 built | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Lakewood, Ohio) | 15422 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio | Dissolved | Now the 15422 LTD Building | Faulkner, Charles Draper | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Sandusky, Ohio) | 28 East Adams St, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | Dissolved | Now Emmanuel Temple Church, affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World | ||||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Toledo, Ohio) | 2704 Monroe Street41.6617°N -83.5656°W Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio | Relocated | Now the United Missionary Baptist Church of Toledo. First Church is now located at 4647 West Central Avenue, Ottawa Hills | Yost and Packard | 1898 built 1978 NRHP | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Lebanon, Ohio) | 342 Columbus Avenue. 39.4378°N -84.1989°WLebanon, Warren County, Ohio | Relocated | Now the Mohrman-Jack-Evans House, a house museum. First Church is now a CS Society and meets at 109 West Mulberry Street | 1850 built 1984 NRHP | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | 1200 N. Robinson Ave, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma | Relocated | Now vacant. First church meets at 4700 North Portland. | Classical Revival | 1920 built | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Portland, Oregon | 1813 NW Everett St, Portland, Oregon, Multnomah County, Oregon | Incorporated 1883Dissolved 1991 | Now the Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center (NWNCC).[100] | Beman, Solon Spencer | Classical Revival | 1909 built1978 NRHP | |||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Portland, Oregon | Photo | 531 NE Holladay Avenue, Portland, Oregon | Formed 1897Dissolved | Seated 1000.[101] Now a 9 story mixed use building. | Dunham, George Foote[102] | Classical Revival | 1914 built | ||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Portland, Oregon | 1722 SE Madison Street, Portland, Oregon | Incorporated 1912[103] Dissolved 1997 | Seated 950. Occupied by World Buddhist Preaching Association in 1995. | Purcell, William Gray | 1924-1927 built | ||||||||||
| Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, Portland, Oregon | 3505 NE Multnomah Street, Portland, Oregon | Incorporated 1924[104] Merged 2020 | Seated 900. Congregation merged with Tenth Church, renumbered itself as First Church, and moved. Old building is now Word of Life Slavic Baptist Church. | Ertz, Charles W.[105] | Spanish Renaissance | 1925-1926 built | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Forest Grove, Oregon) | 1904 Pacific Ave, Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon | Dissolved | Now an office building[106] The church congregation no longer exists.[107] | Beman, Spencer, son of Solon Spencer Beman | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) | 635 Clyde Street Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania | Relocated | Building was sold to the University of Pittsburgh and is now Pitt's University Child Development Center. First Church now meets at 201 North Dithridge.[108] | Beman, Solon Spencer | Classical Revival | 1904 built ___Local | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Scranton, Pennsylvania) | 520 Vine Street Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania | Relocated | Now the Lackawanna County Children's Library. First Church is now Christian Science Society, Scranton, and meets at 335 North Washington Avenue. | Ward, Albert J. | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Paris, Texas) | 339 West Kaufman, Paris, Lamar County, Texas | Dissolved | Vacant in 1988. Now being used by a Spanish-speaking Baptist congregation.[109] | Unknown | |||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Salt Lake City, Utah) | 352 East 300 South (352 East Broadway), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah | Dissolved | It is no longer listed in the Christian Science Journal,[110] After being used for a time by Anthony's Fine Art and Antiques, the building is once again being used as a church: Iglesia La Luz del Mundo[111] | Ware, Walter E. | Richardsonian Romanesque | 1898 built ___NRHP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ Scientist (Hampton, Virginia) | 2808 Kecoughtan Road, Hampton, Virginia | Dissolved | Sold in 2022 to Zion Community Church.[112] | Unknown | Georgian Colonial Revival | 1950 | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) | 1519 East Denny Way / 1841 16th Avenue, Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, King County, Washington | Relocated | Now a housing complex called The Sanctuary.[113] First Church relocated to 900 Thomas Street | Heath, Frederick | Classical Revival | 1906-08 built 1977 SL | |||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) | 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, King County, Washington | Dissolved | Sold by the church in 1998 for $1,600,000. Now Town Hall Seattle | unknown | Classical Revival | 1916-22 built | |||||||||
| Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) | 3515 S Alaska St (corner of 36th Ave, S), Seattle, King County, Washington | Dissolved | Now the Rainier Valley Cultural Center | Roberts, Earl A. | Mixed | 1921 built 1980 NRHP-CP | |||||||||
| Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) | 2656 42nd Avenue, SW, Seattle, King County, Washington | Merged | Building is now the Sanctuary at Admiral and is a venue for weddings and banquets. Sixth Church merged with Fourteenth Church of Christ, Scientist | Field, Gerald C. | Art Deco | 1929 built 2010 SL | |||||||||
| Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) | 2555 8th Ave, West (corner of W Halladay St), Seattle, King County, Washington | Merged | Now the Seattle Church of Christ. Seventh Church merged with Third Church of Christ, Scientist. | Thomas, Harlan | Mixed, Octagon | 1926 built | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Neillsville, Wisconsin) | 132 E 4th St, Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin | Dissolved | current use unknown | Corbey, L. J. | Classical Revival | 1916 built 2003 NRHP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Madison, Wisconsin) | 315 Wisconsin Ave. 43.0775°N -89.3869°W Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin | Relocated | Now occupied by a marketing and advertising agency. First Church relocated to 610 South Segoe Road | Riley, Frank M. Riley | Classical Revival | 1929 built 1982 NRHP | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) | 1443-1451 North Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | Dissolved | Now the 1451 Renaissance Place | Beman, Solon Spencer | Classical Revival | 1907 built 1989 NRHP | |||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) | 2722 W. Highland Blvd., Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | Dissolved | Now St. Luke Emmanuel Baptist Church | Carl Barkhausen | Classical Revival | 1913 built 1986 NRHP | |||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) | 2915 N Sherman Blvd., Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | Relocated | Now Schrager Auction Gallery. Third Church relocated to 9911 W Good Hope Rd. | Frank Howend | Classical Revival | 1923 built | |||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) | 3069 North Downer Ave, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | Relocated | Now the Chinese Christian Church of Milwaukee. Fourth Church relocated to 2011 East Capitol Drive, Shorewood, Wisconsin.[114] [115] | Faulkner, Charles Draper | Georgian Revival | 1930 built | |||||||||
| Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) | 3025 W. Oklahoma Ave., Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | Relocated | Now Veritas, a public charter high school, that built an addition in front. Fifth Church relocated to 6611 W. Oklahoma Ave. | H. C. Hardser | Classical Revival | 1950 built | |||||||||
| Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) | 1036 N. Van Buren St. 43.045°N -87.9047°W Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | Dissolved | Now Metrobrook Church. | Grey, Elmer | Mixed | 1902 built ___NRHP | |||||||||
The date in the "Deregistered" column is the month and year in which the building's registration for worship in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 was formally cancelled. If there is no date, the church has not been formally deregistered.
| Name | Image | Location | Deregistered | Status | Notes | ||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bexhill-on-Sea | Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex 50.8402°N 0.4809°W | Demolished | An Edwardian Baroque-style church built in 1930–31. Closed in 1995 and demolished for flats in 2001. | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Birmingham | Birmingham, West Midlands 52.4762°N -1.9665°W | In religious use | Registered as Sandon Road Methodist Church in 1999. | ||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Birmingham | Birmingham, West Midlands 52.4772°N -1.9122°W | In secular use | The Grade II-listed building dates from 1848–49 and was originally a Presbyterian chapel. It is now a nightclub called Popworld Birmingham.[130] | ||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Birmingham | Birmingham, West Midlands 52.4076°N -1.9264°W | Associated Sunday School remained registered for worship until March 1980. | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bolton | Bolton, Greater Manchester 53.5751°N -2.4161°W | In religious use | Now a mosque (Jamia Alavia Bolton). | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bradford | Bradford, West Yorkshire | In secular use | Moved to a Grade II-listed villa built between 1830 and 1840 after the original church closed was deregistered in November 1979. This closed around 2012 and the building is now used by a drug rehabilitation service and is known as The Vault.[131] | ||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Bradford | Bradford, West Yorkshire 53.7992°N -1.7577°W | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bristol | Bristol, Avon 51.4628°N -2.5896°W | Demolished | |||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Bristol | Bristol, Avon 51.4625°N -2.6171°W | In secular use | Occupied part of a residential building. | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bromley | Bromley, Greater London 51.4063°N 0.0201°W | Vacant | A Grade II-listed building designed in 1928 in an "inventive Neoclassical style" by William Braxton Sinclair. | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Burnley | Burnley, Lancashire | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bury | Bury, Greater Manchester 53.5933°N -2.3023°W | In religious use | Now The Manna House, used by Bury Christian Fellowship | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Buxton | Buxton, Derbyshire | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Camberley | Camberley, Surrey | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Cardiff | Cardiff, South Glamorgan | In religious use | Now the Crwys Presbyterian Church of Wales. | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chiswick | Chiswick, Greater London | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Colchester | Colchester, Essex | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Eastbourne | Eastbourne, East Sussex 50.7657°N 0.282°W | In secular use | Registered in 1922 and rebuilt and extensively refurbished in the late 1970s by local firm Benz and Williams. The church was put up for sale in 2018[132] and has been converted to residential use. | ||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Eastbourne | Eastbourne, East Sussex | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, East Grinstead | East Grinstead, West Sussex 51.1259°N -0.0075°W | In secular use | A congregation became established in 1930 and took over a former school building, registering it for worship in 1939. It closed in 1985 and has been converted into an office. | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Falmouth | Falmouth, Cornwall | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ferndown | Ferndown, Dorset | Demolished | |||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Gloucester | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Halifax | Halifax, West Yorkshire | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hartlepool | Hartlepool, County Durham | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea | Silverhill, St Leonards-on-Sea 50.8671°N 0.5548°W | In secular use | A permanent church was built on Sedlescombe Road South in the Silverhill area in 1970, replacing a series of earlier buildings. It was registered for worship between April 1970 and March 1996, after which it was converted into offices; permission to demolish the building was refused in 2018.[133] | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hendon | Hendon, Greater London | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Heysham | Heysham, Lancashire | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, High Wycombe | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ilford | Ilford, Greater London | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hull | Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire | ||||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Leeds | Leeds, West Yorkshire | In religious use | Re-registered as the New Testament Church of God Pentecostal church in May 1985 | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Leicester | Leicester, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Leytonstone | Leytonstone, Greater London | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Liverpool | Liverpool, Merseyside 53.3902°N -2.9138°W | In secular use | Registered in 1920. Not formally deregistered, but in use as a dance studio and nursery school since 1990.[134] | ||||||||
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Liverpool | Liverpool, Merseyside 53.3959°N -2.9705°W | In religious use | Now St Peter and St Paul's Church, used by the traditionalist Catholic group the Society of Saint Pius X. A Grade II-listed building designed by W.H. Ansell and opened in 1914. | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, London | London 51.4936°N -0.1576°W | In secular use | This Grade II listed building on Sloane Terrace on the Chelsea/Belgravia border is now Cadogan Hall, a concert hall. The church closed in 1996.[135] It was designed between 1904 and 1909 by Robert Chisholm. | ||||||||
| Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, London | London | In secular use | This occupied part of a building in Hampstead. | ||||||||
| Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, London | London 51.4621°N -0.223°W | In secular use | This church was in the Putney area of the city. After closure it was altered internally and converted into flats called Bounty Hall, but from the outside it remains "an imposing building in a warm orange-brown brick ... in a modern interpretation of a stripped-down Classical style".[136] | ||||||||
| Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, London | London 51.4611°N -0.1175°W | In religious use | This was located in the Brixton area and was registered in November 1931. After closure it was re-registered as the Universal Pentecostal Church. | ||||||||
| Ninth Church of Christ, Scientist, London | London 51.4965°N -0.129°W | In religious use | This Grade II*-listed building on Marsham Street in Westminster was designed between 1926 and 1930 in a Byzantine Revival style by Herbert Baker and was registered for worship in April 1930. It is now Emmanuel Evangelical Church,[137] having been re-registered as The Emmanuel Centre in February 1997. | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Manchester | Manchester, Greater Manchester 51.4621°N -0.223°W | In secular use | This was the first purpose-built Christian Science church in Britain. Construction began in 1903 and was largely complete in 1907, and the church was registered in 1910. Architect Edgar Wood's individualistic building, with a mixture of Expressionist and Art Nouveau influences, has been described as "unmatched for originality in the country". It is Grade I-listed. Although never formally deregistered, it closed in 1971 and became offices called the Edgar Wood Centre. | ||||||||
| Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, Manchester | Manchester, Greater Manchester | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Norwich | Norwich, Norfolk | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Orpington | Orpington, Greater London | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Rochester | Rochester, Kent | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Sandbach | Sandbach, Cheshire | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seaford | Seaford, East Sussex | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Sevenoaks | Sevenoaks, Kent | Demolished | Building demolished by 2014. | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, South Shields | South Shields, Tyne and Wear | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Stockport | Stockport, Greater Manchester | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Sutton | Sutton, Greater London | In secular use | The building became the Secombe Theatre, which closed in 2016. The church congregation re-registered the former reading room building as a church in 1982, but this has also closed. | ||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Swansea | Swansea, Glamorgan | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Torquay | Torquay, Devon | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wallasey | Wallasey, Merseyside | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Warrington | Warrington, Cheshire | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wigan | Wigan, Greater Manchester | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Windermere | Windermere, Cumbria | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton, West Midlands | ||||||||||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Worthing | Worthing, West Sussex 50.8216°N -0.3735°W | In religious use | The church was designed in 1939 by Brundrit and Stewart and was formally registered accordingly in 1958. A hall had been built on the site on Broadwater Road in 1921, succeeding a hired hall in the town centre which had been used since 1910; the new hall was registered for worship in 1923 when the congregation had the status of a Christian Science Society. The church, an Art Deco-style brick building, remained in Christian Scientist use until its closure in 1987, after which it was sold to an Evangelical congregation which by 1998 was known as Broadwater Christian Fellowship but which became known as River of Life Church in September 2003.[138] | ||||||||
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Worthing | Worthing, West Sussex 50.8175°N -0.3953°W | Demolished | A Christian Science reading room opened in 1939 in a converted house[139] and was registered for worship in 1940. It was replaced by a Sunday School building in 1951 and then by a purpose-built church in 1960. It closed in September 2010 and was demolished in 2015 (although its registration was not formally cancelled until 2015). Houses were planned for the site, but in 2013 permission was granted for the construction of a Kingdom Hall for Jehovah's Witnesses.[140] [141] | ||||||||
Note: Following the custom of early New England Congregational and Baptist churches, Churches of Christ, Scientist, in a city or town are numbered First, Second, Third, etc. Societies are not numbered, however. Since all churches and societies are listed in the monthly Christian Science Journal, it is possible to determine the numbers of most but not all missing churches. For example, if a city has listings for only second and fourth churches, at least the first and third are missing. As merged churches take the name of the older congregation, first could then be assumed to have dissolved, while third might have dissolved or merged with second. Fifth may have merged, dissolved, or never existed.
