[4] On September 22, 1992, First Church of Christ, Scientist, was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Christian Science had actually been publicly introduced in Riverside some nine years previous, and the Christian Science Journal for October 1891 has listed: “Regular Sunday Services of Scientists.” They met in the home of Emma Stanton Davis, a student of Mrs. Eddy, who had moved to Riverside in 1887 and began healing work.

Records in the Archives of the Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts, show that Riverside was the first location in California where a class-taught student lived.

The architectural style of this church is primarily Mission Revival due to the influence of the renowned architect, Arthur Benton.

The interior of the church was designed in the craftsman tradition with natural or lightly stained wood, with vertical and horizontal beams exposed.