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AKA: First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Jose, CA; Garden of Allah Theatre, San Jose, CA
Structure Type: built works - performing arts structures - theatres; built works - religious structures - churches
Designers: Heinsbergen Decorating Company, Interior Designers (firm); Polk, Willis, Architect (firm); Willis Jefferson Polk (architect)
Dates: constructed 1901
San Francisco architect Willis J. Polk designed the church c. 1901.
The 1st Church of Christ, Scientist #1, in San Jose, CA, was converted into a movie theatre, the Garden of Allah, in the 1950s; it seems to have operated into the 1970s before closing. The building has stood vacant for a number of years.
PCAD id: 16047
