![]() ![]() ![]() Seance scene, from the 1933 film The Testament of Dr. It still features the neoclassical design elements Beman advocated, however, as reflecting the “rational approach to spirituality” the new American religion sought to formulate. Unlike Karpeles’s museum in Buffalo, the Jacksonville building wasn’t designed by Christian Science architect Solon Spencer Beman, but by Jacksonville’s Marsh and Saxlebye. He likes the neoclassical style of former Christian Science churches. From Santa Barbara to Duluth and Shreveport to Buffalo, Karpeles has collected 15 such buildings across the country. When book and manuscript collector David Karpeles bought the 1921 building to showcase his revolving collection in 1992, it became his fourth. He loves the work and loves the building-together they’re a second home, his first home being just around the corner on Hubbard Street. Richard Minor has managed the Jacksonville’s branch of the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in the city’s former First Church of Christ, Scientist sanctuary since Thanksgiving 2005, 84 years to the day from the first Christian Science services held here. They hadn’t advertised and hadn’t made accommodations, so they slept in the building where strange lights synesthetized percussive minimalist electronica earlier in the night.Įlizabeth Baker, courtesy Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Instead she played soaring electronic John Cage music with two other musicians. ![]() She’d planned to perform compositions for toy piano. It wasn’t the time she placed dildos on piano strings to record deep earth vibrations. Petersburg’s Elizabeth Baker played here. This 50 foot ceiling, all this lovely hardwood, these tall windows forever stained with the impressionism of clouds-what sound and light has touched them, bounced off them, all these years? What have they witnessed? I imagine the correspondence of that idea in the coalescence, in this old First Church of Christ Scientist, of everything ever herein performed. The founder of Christian Science wrote that all the dead were but one fabric. She believed not in ghosts, but in Spirit. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.Photo by Jack Spottswood, 1934, courtesy Florida State Archives, Planning an event in Charleston? This hotel has 5480 square feet (509 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.įeatured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Meet other guests and eat at a complimentary reception. Dining Satisfy your appetite at the hotels restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or grab a snack at a coffee shop/café. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and wedding services. Take advantage of recreation opportunities including an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary newspapers. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while 42-inch flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment. Your pillowtop bed comes with down comforters, and all rooms are furnished with double sofa beds. Make yourself at home in one of the 113 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and stovetops. This hotel is within close proximity of PURE Theatre and Music Farm. With a stay at Hyatt House Charleston/Historic District, youll be centrally located in Charleston, steps from Woolfe Street Playhouse and minutes from Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum. ![]()
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