Community Christian Church (Kansas City, Missouri)

Community Christian Church (Kansas City, Missouri)
Community Christian Church

Community Christian Church (1940-1942),
next to the Country Club Plaza

Community Christian Church (Kansas City, Missouri) is located in Missouri
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Basic information
Location 4601 Main St,
Kansas City, MO 64112
Geographic coordinates 39°02′35″N 94°35′11″W / 39.043161°N 94.586465°W / 39.043161; -94.586465Coordinates: 39°02′35″N 94°35′11″W / 39.043161°N 94.586465°W / 39.043161; -94.586465
Affiliation Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
Year consecrated 1942
Status active
Website http://www.community-christian.org/
Architectural description
Architect(s) Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural style Usonian

Community Christian Church was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and sits across from the Country Club Plaza's main shopping district on Main Street at East 46th Street in Kansas City, Missouri.

In April 1940, members of the church congregation contracted Wright and asked him to design a new building to replace their previous church which had been destroyed in a fire. Wright based his design on a parallelogram including some features previously conceived for his last building for Johnson Wax Company, along with one additional unique feature: a spire of light. Due to high building costs, the scale of the church was reduced during construction. The auditorium was cut back from a planned 1,200 seats to 900 seats, many details were eliminated, and the building was sheathed in gunite, a form of lightweight concrete, over Wright's objections. The spire of light also could not be built and illuminated due to technical limitations of the times. However, the church was dedicated on January 4, 1942 and served the congregation well.

In 1994, the Spire of Light was finally completed as planned. The components are housed on the church roof inside of a perforated dome on the building's northwestern corner. The spire is created by four (4) 16" xenon bulbs ignited by 40,000 volts of electricity, that, in combination with a parabolic reflector, produces 300 million candlepower of illumination (per light, 1.2 billion cp total) in a near perfect column.[1] The spire can be seen for miles around Kansas City, and reportedly can be spotted 10 miles (16 km) north of the Plaza, depending on conditions. It has been calculated to stop at least 3 miles (4.8 km) up above the earth, about half the maximum height at which jet airplanes fly. The spire of light is lit regularly on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays; has extended hours on holidays; and remains dark on the two days before Easter. Its lighting is one of the features of the annual Plaza lighting ceremony.

Tours of Community Christian Church are open to the public and free of charge.[2]

References

  • Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0226776212 (S.280)

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