First Church of Christ, Scientist (Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania)

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-foot (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.[1][2][3]

First Church of Christ, Scientist

1100 Washington Road

Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
First Church of Christ, Scientist
General information
Architectural styleColonial Revival
Town or cityMt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
CountryUnited States
Completed1939
ClientFirst Church of Christ, Scientist
Design and construction
ArchitectCharles Draper Faulkner

In 2002, Mt. Lebanon magazine featured First Church of Christ, Scientist, along with 3 other local churches in an article on Colonial style churches.[3]

First Church of Christ, Scientist, building at 1100 Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon, was sold in July 2018. There are plans to raze the church for a housing development.

See also

References
  1. Historic Designation study report
  2. Faulkner, Charles Draper, Christian Science Church Edifices second edition, 1946, Chicago: self published, 417 pp. with numerous, photos, sketches, diagrams, charts, etc.
  3. Conti, John, God's Own Mansions, Mt. Lebanon magazine, November 2002, pp. 23-27.

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.

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