The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1940, is an historic Christian Science church building located at 391 Walnut Street on the corner of Otis Street in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts. It was designed in the redbrick Colonial Revival style by Densmore, LeClear and Robbins, architects. Due to cost constraints, its steeple was added later. In September, 2004, the church sold its building for $1,050,000 to be converted into apartments. The church in 2007 held services in rented rooms at 300 Walnut Street in the Masonic Building., but is now meeting at 1141 Walnut Street, in Newton Highlands. The building has since been divided into 11 condominium units. It is now called the Oxford House, and was the city's first inclusionary zoning project.

The building is a contributing property in the Newtonville Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1986.

First Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts)

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts

List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings

First Church of Christ, Scientist (disambiguation)

First Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts)

References

External links

City of Newton real property database

City of Newton's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance

Churches completed in 1940

20th-century Christian Science church buildings

Historic district contributing properties in Newton, Massachusetts

Christian Science churches in Massachusetts

Former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings in the United States

Churches in Newton, Massachusetts

Former churches in Massachusetts

Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts

National Register of Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts

First Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts)