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.Faulkner, Charles Draper, AIA, Christian Science Church Edifices, second edition, 1946, Chicago: self published, pp. 118-124, 4 images In September, 2004, the church sold its building for $1,050,000 to be converted into apartments.Newton City Records The church in 2007 held services in rented rooms at 300 Walnut Street in the Masonic Building.,The Christian Science Journal, February, 2007, p. 106. but is now meeting at 1141 Walnut Street, in Newton Highlands. The building has since been divided into 11 condominium units.City of Newton real property database: 391 Walnut It is now called the Oxford House,Yahoo real estate ad accessed April 22, 20082007 Builder's Choice Award Winner: Grand 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.
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)
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External links City of Newton real property database City of Newton's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance