First Church of Christ, Scientist, Church building in Victoria Park, North Vancouver, Canada.
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist is a single-storey wooden building with a basement at 189 Keith Road, at the eastern end of Victoria Park in North Vancouver. Honeyman and Curtis designed it in the Classical Revival style, with a formal central entrance, columns, symmetry and consistent fenestration.
Designed by the British Columbia firm Honeyman and Curtis in the Classical Revival style, the church was built in 1925 as a single-storey wooden structure with a basement. The City of North Vancouver designated it a primary local heritage site on January 1, 1995, citing its columns, symmetry and fenestration. On January 4, 2008, the First Church of Christ, Scientist sold the building to the North Shore Bethel Christian Mennonite Brethren Church.
The building's name recalls its original use by a Christian Science congregation, which met here from 1925 until selling it in 2008. The city's heritage citation singles out the formal central entrance and consistent, refined detailing, with columns, symmetry and fenestration giving it a strong sense of proportion and formality. It now belongs to the North Shore Bethel Christian Mennonite Brethren Church.
The building stands at 189 Keith Road, at the eastern end of Victoria Park in North Vancouver, a short walk from the park's paths. It is a former Christian Science church, sold in 2008 to the North Shore Bethel Christian Mennonite Brethren Church, so it is a place of worship rather than a public museum; visits depend on the congregation's activities.
The city designated the building a primary local heritage site on 1 January 1995, citing its columns, symmetry and fenestration as giving it a strong sense of proportion and formality. The Classical Revival design came from Honeyman and Curtis, a British Columbia firm noted for its architecture.
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