Second Church of Christ, Scientist
- Architect
- Alfred Rosenheim
- Style
- Greek Revival
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
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Second Church of Christ, Scientist, at 948 West Adams Boulevard in the West Adams district, was built in 1910 to a design by noted Los Angeles architect Alfred H. Rosenheim for the Christian Science congregation. The city designated it a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1968, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Sold in 2009, it reopened in 2010 as the Art of Living Center Los Angeles, a community and meditation venue.
the building
Screen appearances. The building has doubled as a filming location, standing in as the courthouse in the crime drama Matlock along with other film and television projects.
the style
Rosenheim designed the church in a monumental Classical Revival style — also described as Greek Revival — giving the West Adams building the columned, temple-like presence typical of early-20th-century Christian Science churches.
More on Greek Revivalsignificance
Designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1968 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, the building was sold in 2009 to the Art of Living Foundation, which restored it and reopened it in 2010 as a community and meditation center.
nearby
- Miller and Herriott House
- Cockins House
- Forthmann House
- Casa de Rosas
- Egg Company Building II
- Kerckhoff House