First Church of Christ, Scientist (Oconto, Wisconsin)
{{short description|Historic church in Wisconsin, United States}}
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| name = First Church of Christ, Scientist
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| image = First Church of Christ Scientist - Oconto Wisconsin.jpg
| caption = The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in 2013
| location = 423 Chicago St.,
Oconto, Wisconsin
| coordinates = {{coord|44.89003333|-87.87758889|region:US-WI_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Wisconsin#USA
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| built = 1886
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| added = November 19, 1974{{NRISref|2008a}}
| refnum = 74000111
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First Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as First Christian Science Church Edifice, is a church building located in Oconto, Wisconsin. Built in 1886 of stone, weatherboard and brick in the Gothic Revival style, it was the first purpose-built Christian Science church edifice in the world.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=12253&term_type_id=2&term_type_text=Places&letter=F |title=Wisconsin historical marker |access-date=2008-01-07 |archive-date=2011-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611065357/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=12253&term_type_id=2&term_type_text=Places&letter=F |url-status=dead }} It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
History
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, was organized on June 10, 1886 as "the Christian Science Association of Oconto," with the building being finished in October of that year for less than $1,000; but for various reasons it was not dedicated until February 1887. Other Christian Science groups were meeting at the time around the United States, and the membership of the Oconto church did not realize they had built the first Christian Science church edifice in the world until later.{{cite book |last1=Beasley |first1=Norman |authorlink1=Norman Beasley |title=The Cross and the Crown |date=1952 |publisher=Duell, Sloan and Pearce |location=New York |pages=580–582 |url=https://archive.org/details/crosscrown00beas/page/580/mode/2up}} Laura Sargent and her sister Victoria, who were very involved in the founding of the church, would go on to play important roles in the movement.[https://www.longyear.org/learn/pioneer-index/sargent-laura-e/ Laura Ellen Sargent, C.S.D.] Longyear Museum
Current use
The building is still used for Christian Science religious services, although First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, is now Christian Science Society, Oconto.The Christian Science Journal, February 2007, p.116,
See also
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External links
- [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=12253&term_type_id=2&term_type_text=Places&letter=F Wisconsin historical marker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611065357/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=12253&term_type_id=2&term_type_text=Places&letter=F |date=2011-06-11 }}
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Category:19th-century Christian Science church buildings
Category:Churches in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
Category:Christian Science churches in Wisconsin
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Oconto County, Wisconsin