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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST. A religion stressing spiritual healing. In 1892 a congregation of the Christian Science denomination was started by students in Dubuque.
Lacking a church, the congregation was invited into homes of other members. In 1903 a home at Ninth and Bluff STREETS was purchased, remodeled, and used as the church until 1911. In that year the house was demolished, and a church was constructed on the site.
Church services were first held at the church on December 14, 1911. The final church service was held on November 27, 1988. The low membership, at last count only fifteen members, led to the closing of the Christian Science Reading Room and the decision to place the church building up for sale.
The building became Pasta O'Sheas, a restaurant. The building was then used for Molly's Pub and Dempsey's Restaurant and then in 2007 Da Vinci's Ristorante and Pub. In 2012 the announcement was made that the building would become the site of the BRIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.