Category:First Church of Christ, Scientist (Madison, Wisconsin)

This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 82001841.

First Church of Christ, Scientist 

church building in Wisconsin, United States of America
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Instance of	church
Made from material	brick (façade)
Location	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Street address	315 Wisconsin Avenue
Architectural style	Neoclassical architecture
Architect	Frank M. Riley
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place (C, First Church of Christ Scientist, NRHP building, 1982–) listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places (First Church of Christ Scientist, 1989–) Madison Landmark (1980–)
Inception	1929
Religion or worldview	Christian Science
43° 04′ 38.53″ N, 89° 23′ 12.96″ W
Authority file  Q5452683 NRHP reference number: 82001841 OpenStreetMap way ID: 103233541 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries PetScan statistics WikiMap Locator tool KML file WikiShootMe OpenStreetMap Search depicted

Built in 1929, this Classical Revival / Georgian Revival-style building at 315 Wisconsin Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, was designed by Frank M. Riley to house the congregation of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Madison (see the Property Record online). As the Christian Science faith has declined in popularity since its peak in the early twentieth century, the building has been adaptively reused as an office building.

The building is clad in red Flemish bond brick with a limestone base, large arched windows on the side facades at the old sanctuary in the rear, and a band of limestone belt coursing around the base of the parapet, which encloses the building’s rear-gabled roof. The most distinctive feature of the building is the front entrance, which is semi-circular and wrapped by a two-story Doric portico and arced concrete steps, with a large copper dome, entablature with a cornice, architrave with the words “First Church of Christ Scientist” etched into it, second-story windows with metal juliet balconies, fluted pilasters between bays, and entrance doors with decorative transoms.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.