Photograph shows the First Church of Christ Scientist in San Jose, California. Cars are parked along the curb in front of the church. The signs on the pillar on the right of the church read "First Church of Christ Scientist. Services: Sunday, 11 A.M. and 8 P.M., Wednesday 8 P.M. Sunday school 11 A.M. [illegible] North Second. Reading Room: [illegible] W. San Antonio St., Hours 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Sundays and holidays 2 to 5 P.M." Part of another building is visible to the right of the church. A sign on this other building reads "Bernard, R.C. Permanent waves upstairs." The 1905 church, located at 42 East Saint James Street in San Jose, is no longer used for worship. Designed by architect Willis Polk, its windows and doors are now boarded and the building itself is fenced off from the public. The building to the right of the church no longer exists. From: Paul Ivey: "Prayers in Stone: Christian Science architecture in the United States, 1894-1930," p. 149 http://books.google.com/books?id=G1Xh8MIz-FIC&lpg=PA149&ots=-HpaMkUwX-&dq=willis%20polk%20san%20jose%20church&pg=PA149#v=onepage&q=willis%20polk%20san%20jose%20church&f=false (accessed 10/7/11). In Google Street view, the number painted/printed on the church is 43, not 42. Now number 43 is a different building on West St. James Street. For a brief history/description, see http://www.sjdowntown.com/Downtown_History_Walk.html For possible future plans for this site, see this 5/25/11 blog post: http://thinkbiggersanjose.blog.com/2011/05/25/parkview-towers-and-first-church-of-christ-scientist-where-san-jose-is-headed/ Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPG format using Photoshop CS3.
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