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Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

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After years of renames, splits, mergers, and moves, in 1909 one of the spinoff congregations incorporated as Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Milwaukee. They initially met at Plankinton Hall of the
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slipped on the ice and hurt her back, then experienced a remarkable recovery without medical help, which prompted her ideas of metaphysical healing. In 1876 she established the first
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The Christian Science Association that built the church eventually declined, and the building was occupied by St. Luke Emanuel Missionary
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in Boston. In 1884 a Christian Science Association was established in Milwaukee, the first such association outside Massachusetts.
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in the wall, with pews circled around, seating 1,450 people. The roof of the auditorium is a low dome topped with a copper
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Architect Carl Barkhausen of Milwaukee somewhat modeled the 1914 church on the
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
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Second Church of Christ, Scientist
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
43°02′42″N 87°56′54″W / 43.04513°N 87.94845°W / 43.04513; -87.94845
Classical Revival
MPS
West Side Area MRA
86000139
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Scientist
Lynn, Massachusetts
Mother Church
Milwaukee Auditorium
Pantheon in Rome
portico
fluted
Corinthian columns
pediment
tympanum
terra cotta
vestibule
apse
roof lantern
Baptist


"National Register Information System"

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