Christian Science Pleasant View Home
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The Christian Science Pleasant View Home is an historic senior citizen
residential facility located at 227 Pleasant Street in Concord
, New Hampshire
, in the United States
, It was built in 1927 by the Christian Science Board of Directors as a retirement home for aged Christian Science practitioner
s and other workers in the cause of Christian Science
and occupies the site of Pleasant View, Mary Baker Eddy's
last home before moving to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
in 1908. It is now Pleasant View Home, a secular nursing home
. On September 19, 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
.
last home before moving to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
in 1908. It was destroyed by the Christian Science Board of Directors and all evidence of it was buried. The Directors in 1927 built a charitable retirement home for aged Christian Science practitioners on the site. The home and the large estate on which it stood were later sold to the State of New Hampshire, which later sold the building to a secular group which operates it as a profit-making retirement home.
Senior citizen
Senior citizen is a common polite designation for an elderly person in both UK and US English, and it implies or means that the person is retired. This in turn implies or in fact means that the person is over the retirement age, which varies according to country. Synonyms include pensioner in UK...
residential facility located at 227 Pleasant Street in Concord
Concord, New Hampshire
The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, in the United States
United States
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, It was built in 1927 by the Christian Science Board of Directors as a retirement home for aged Christian Science practitioner
Christian Science practitioner
A Christian Science practitioner is an individual who follows the practice of healing through prayer according to the teachings of Christian Science...
s and other workers in the cause of Christian Science
Christian Science
Christian Science is a system of thought and practice derived from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Bible. It is practiced by members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist as well as some others who are nonmembers. Its central texts are the Bible and the Christian Science textbook,...
and occupies the site of Pleasant View, Mary Baker Eddy's
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy was the founder of Christian Science , a Protestant American system of religious thought and practice religion adopted by the Church of Christ, Scientist, and others...
last home before moving to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill is a wealthy New England village located six miles west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Like all Massachusetts villages, Chestnut Hill is not an incorporated municipal entity, but unlike most of them, it encompasses parts of three separate municipalities, each of...
in 1908. It is now Pleasant View Home, a secular nursing home
Nursing home
A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living...
. On September 19, 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
.
National Register listing
- Pleasant View Home (added 1984 - Building - #84003222)
- 227 Pleasant St., Concord
- Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Shurcliff, Arthur A., Bowditch, Arthur H.
- Architectural Style: Colonial Revival
- Area of Significance: Architecture, Religion, Social History, Landscape Architecture
- Period of Significance: 1925-1949
- Owner: Private
- Historic Function: Domestic
- Historic Sub-function: Institutional Housing
- Current Function: Work In Progress
History
Pleasant View was Mary Baker Eddy'sMary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy was the founder of Christian Science , a Protestant American system of religious thought and practice religion adopted by the Church of Christ, Scientist, and others...
last home before moving to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill is a wealthy New England village located six miles west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Like all Massachusetts villages, Chestnut Hill is not an incorporated municipal entity, but unlike most of them, it encompasses parts of three separate municipalities, each of...
in 1908. It was destroyed by the Christian Science Board of Directors and all evidence of it was buried. The Directors in 1927 built a charitable retirement home for aged Christian Science practitioners on the site. The home and the large estate on which it stood were later sold to the State of New Hampshire, which later sold the building to a secular group which operates it as a profit-making retirement home.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Merrimack County, New Hampshire
- List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings