We hope you and your families are safe and healthy. In times like these, we learn to appreciate the value of continuity and the comforts of familiarity. Although our staff is working remotely, Preservation Houston is continuing its efforts to protect the historic buildings you care about and the neighborhoods that make Houston home.
Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, the oldest African-American Christian Science congregation in Texas, constructed its modernistic building in 1941 across from Emancipation Park in the heart of the Third Ward. The group was organized in 1914 and acquired the property at 2202 Elgin Avenue in 1940; Houston architect Henry D. Frankfurt designed the building with clean, modern lines and a distinctive octagonal lantern atop the sanctuary.