Founder and Leader:
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
The Mother Church Edifice, 1894
The Mother Church under construction, 1894.
Construction of a church edifice for The Mother Church in Boston met with many obstacles and delays. Finally, at their Leader’s direction, the Christian Science Board of Directors laid the cornerstone in a quiet ceremony on May 21, 1894.
Just seven months later, on the last Sunday in December, the first service was held in the new building, later to be known as the “Original Edifice.”
Mrs. Eddy’s church, which had started in her living room in Lynn with folding chairs for a handful of people, now required seating for a thousand.
