Second Church of Christ, Scientist (San Francisco, California)


The former Second Church of Christ, Scientist is an historic Christian Science church building located at 651 Dolores Street, corner of Cumberland Street, across from Dolores Park in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. Built in 1916, it was designed by noted San Francisco architect William H. Crim in the Classical Revival and Beaux Arts styles of architecture. Its crowning glory is its massive wood-framed truss system dome which rests on the octagonal walls of the auditorium.
Due to the dwindling size of its congregation and the increased cost of maintaining such a large building, the building was sold in 2012 to commercial property developer Siamak Akhavan, who previously bought Golden Gate Lutheran Church at 601 Dolores Street and converted into his own home. His plan for the former Second Church is to convert it into four residential units.
Second Church of Christ, Scientist is now located at 2287 Mission Street, near 19th Street.
The project was completed in 2016 and the building was converted into 4 very distinct and gracious units. 3 were built out in the main body of the building and ranged in size from 5200 to almost 5500 square feet. Additionally, the developer floored over the dome and created a 4000 square foot unit inside the dome. To do so he cut away and raised the outer edge of the interior plaster dome to expose the windows that circle the entire dome. The three lower units were all successfully sold off over the next 10 months or so, one at a time, for prices ranging from $6.1M to $6.5M. For more information about the project see the links below.