Front Portico, First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist (New Bern, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Front Portico, First Church of Christ, Scientist
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Church buildings
Columns
Facades
Porches
Porticoes
Religious buildings
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Item identifier:
- ncar_N_71_1_3479
- Photographer:
- Wrenn, T. P. more info on Wrenn, T. P.
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Craven County (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Beaux Arts to Modernism
Source information
- Repository:
- State Archives of North Carolina
- Collection:
- Division of Archives and History Photograph Collection (State Archives of North Carolina Collection 4.1) held by State Archives of North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the North Carolina State Archives.
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: First Church of Christ, Scientist (New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Simpson, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodley), 1870-1945 more info on Simpson, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodley), 1870-1945
- Built:
- Street:
- 406 Middle Street
- Community:
- New Bern
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28560
- Provenance note:
- Built for the Christian Scientist congregation in New Bern that was established in 1894.
- Architectural note:
- The building is a single-story, gable-fronted building with an Ionic portico, a front Venetian window, and arched windows along the side.
- Historical note:
- Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, contributed $3,000 towards the construction and gave the cornerstone.
- Location:
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New Bern (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Church buildings
Historic buildings
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.1086047495, -77.0392870903
