Article December 22, 1917 Issue

Provision for the extension of the Christian Science Park,...

The Christian Science Monitor

Provision for the extension of the Christian Science Park, maintained by the Board of Directors of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, in front of The Mother Church, is made in the proposed transfer of Norway Street, between Falmouth Street and Huntington Avenue, by the city of Boston to the church in exchange for a compensating amount of land to make possible the extension of Dalton Street to Huntington Avenue. Mayor Curley has directed that the Board of Street Commissioners proceed with the transaction, which was recommended by The Mother Church.

This change in the street layout will make it possible to plan an adequate administration building for the activities of the Christian Science movement now centered about the park. The executive offices of the church long ago outgrew their former quarters and for some time have been scattered, at great inconvenience to the work, through four different buildings.

According to the plans, The Mother Church will raze its buildings from 203 to 217 Huntington Avenue, and add this land with that now used as a part of Norway Street, to the Park. The buildings on the opposite side of Norway Street in this vicinity will be razed and an administration building erected in their place. By the change Dalton Street will become a continuous thoroughfare with Cumberland Street on the easterly side of Huntington Avenue, connecting indirectly with Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue.

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