Red Rock Center for the Arts

Red Rock Center for the Arts is a historic structure located at 222 East Blue Earth Avenue, in Fairmont, Minnesota, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1988 as the First Church of Christ, Scientist. It is now owned by Martin County, which leases it to the Martin County Preservation Association.[2]

This article is about the building at 222 Blue Earth Avenue. For the building at 205 Albion Avenue, see First Church of Christ, Scientist, Albion Avenue (Fairmont, Minnesota).
Red Rock Center for the Arts
Location within Minnesota
Red Rock Center for the Arts (the United States)
General information
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
Address222 Blue Earth Avenue East
Town or cityFairmont, Minnesota
Coordinates43°39′7″N 94°27′34″W
Completed1898
Design and construction
ArchitectHarry Wild Jones
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Arealess than one acre
Built byFred Grupe
NRHP reference No.88000594[1]
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1988

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fairmont, was organized October 1, 1891, and the church edifice, designed by noted Minnesota architect, Harry Wild Jones was completed in 1898. Sioux quartzite blocks quarried in Minnesota were used for the walls. The massive blocks are called red rocks because of their color and this gave rise to the present name of the building.[2]

In 1937, First Church sold the building to the Christian Church of Fairmont which sold it in 1988 to a businessman.[3]

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fairmont, had another church building built at 205 Albion Avenue (between Tilden and Forest streets), which was designed by noted Chicago architect, Charles Draper Faulkner in the Colonial Revival style.[4] That building is now the Lakeview Funeral Home.[5]

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fairmont, is no longer in existence.

Preservation

The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)[6] selected the Martin County Preservation Association as one of its 2007 AASLH Award of Merit Winners, for work to preserve, restore and reuse this historic building.[7]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Red Rock Center Restoration Project - About Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. History of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fairmont, Minnesota
  4. Faulkner, Charles Draper, Christian Science Church Edifices second edition, 1946, Chicago: self published, frontispiece, pp, 76, 382, 384, & 386
  5. Lakeview Funeral Home website
  6. Welcome to AASLH
  7. Red Rock Center Restoration Project Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
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