First Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts)
- First Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts)
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location= Newton, Massachusetts
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built =1940
architect= Densmore, LeClear and Robbins
architecture= Colonial Revival
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refnum=The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1940, is an historic Christian Science church building located at 391 Walnut Street on the corner of Otis Street in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts. It was designed in the redbrick Colonial Revival style by Densmore, LeClear and Robbins, architects. Due to cost constraints, its steeple was added later. [Faulkner, Charles Draper, AIA, Christian Science Church Edifices, second edition, 1946, Chicago: self published, pp. 118-124, 4 images] In September, 2004, the church sold its building for $1,050,000 to be converted into apartments. [ [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/assessors2003/Interactivemap.asp?id=24017+0003 Newton City Records] ] The church now holds services in rented rooms at 300 Walnut Street in the Masonic Building. ["The Christian Science Journal", February, 2007, p. 106.] The building has since been divided into 11 condominium units. [ [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/assessors2003/Search.asp?hn=391&st=WALNUT&un=&on= City of Newton real property database: 391 Walnut] ] It is now called the Oxford House. [ [http://realestate.yahoo.com/Massachusetts/Newton/Apartments_for_rent/4ce95ed755c0e7904c74b1b94222ad1f;_ylt=A0WTf8MGbw5IvAEBoABAM7Qs?p=Newton%2C%20MA&type=rental Yahoo real estate ad accessed April 22, 2008] ] and is the city's first inclusionary zoning project. [ [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/housingdevelopment/programs.htm City of Newton's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance] ]
The building is a contributing property in the Newtonville Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 04, 1986 and increased on February 16, 1990
ee also
*List of Registered Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts
*List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings
* First Church of Christ, Scientist (disambiguation)
References
External links
* [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/assessors2003/Search.asp City of Newton real property database]
* [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/housingdevelopment/programs.htm City of Newton's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance]
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