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Swedenborgian Church is a Swedenborgian church significant for its architecture in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of
San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. It is regarded as one of
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's earliest pure
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buildings. The first pastor of the church the Reverend Joseph Worcester bought the land and worked with the architects to design the church. It remains essentially the same as when it was built.
It was declared a
National Historic LandmarkA National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
in 2004.
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