First Church of Christ, Scientist
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1897, is a historic Neo-Classical-style church located at 4017 S. Drexel Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Chicago, United States of America
- Also known as: “Grant Memorial AME Church”
- Address: 4017 South Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60653
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church and Harold Washington Cultural Center.
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
Church
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The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church at 4501 S. Vincennes Avenue in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1899, the building was originally a synagogue for the Isaiah Temple congregation. Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is situated 3,900 feet southwest of First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Harold Washington Cultural Center
Theater building
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Harold Washington Cultural Center is a performance facility located in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. It was named after Chicago's first African-American Mayor Harold Washington and opened in August 2004, ten years after initial groundbreaking. Harold Washington Cultural Center is situated 1 mile southwest of First Church of Christ, Scientist.
King College Prep
School
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory High School is a public 4–year selective enrollment magnet high school located in the Kenwood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. King College Prep is situated 2,500 feet south of First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakland and North Kenwood District.
Oakland
Suburb
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Oakland is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the Oakland area was developed between 1872 and 1905.
North Kenwood District
Neighborhood
The North Kenwood District is a historic district within the Kenwood community area of South Side, Chicago, Illinois.
Bronzeville
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Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.82102° or 41° 49′ 16″ northLongitude
-87.60453° or 87° 36′ 16″ westOpen location code
86HJR9CW+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 210913335OpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q5452671
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In Other Languages
“First Church of Christ, Scientist” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه المسيح الاولى”
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