First Church of Christ, Scientist (Los Angeles, California)

The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1912, is an historic Christian Science

Christian Science

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church edifice located at 1366 South Alvarado Street, in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. It was designed by noted Los Angeles architect, Elmer Grey

Elmer Grey

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in a mixed Beaux Arts-Italianate

Italianate architecture

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-Spanish Romanesque

Romanesque Revival architecture

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style.

It is a contributing property in the Alvarado Terrace Historic District

Alvarado Terrace Historic District

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which was added on May 17, 1984, to the National Register of Historic Places

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.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, was sold in 1972 and was used as a synagogue

Synagogue

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for a time before becoming the Los Angeles branch of the ill-fated Disciples of Christ church known as the Peoples Temple

Peoples Temple

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led by the Rev. Jim Jones

Jim Jones

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. It is now a Spanish-speaking Seventh-day Adventist

Seventh-day Adventist Church

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church called Iglesia Adventista Central.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, is no longer listed in the Christian Science Journal.

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