Mrs. Julia Field-King founds and builds a church in St. Louis in 1895, and her students in Seattle organize as First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, in 1896. Mr. Edward A. Kimball, who presided over dedication of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, gives a Christian Science lecture at the Seattle Theater in 1897.
Image: First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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