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This is a list of former Christian Science churches, societies, and buildings. Following its early meteoric rise, the Christian Science Church suffered a steep decline in membership in the second half of the twentieth century. Though the Church is prohibited by the Manual of The Mother Church from publishing membership figures, the number of branch churches in the United States has fallen steadily since World War II. A 1992 study of the ''Christian Research Journal'' found that church membership had fallen from 269,000 in the 1930s to about 150,000.〔(Study )〕 Some believe membership has fallen further since then, however current estimates for church membership vary widely, from under 100,000 to 600,000.However, assuming 1,000 churches and 50 members per church (from general observation) gives would set active membership at 50,000.〔(Swanson, Douglas J. EdD, "Standing Porter at the Door of Thought": The Social Order of the Christian Science Church, Paper presented in the American Studies section of the Western Social Science Association annual conference, Reno, Nevada, April 20, 2001 )〕 Dr. Stephen Barrett has reported that since 1971, the number of practitioners and teachers listed in the Christian Science Journal has fallen from about 5,000 to about 1,160 and the number of churches has fallen from about 1,800 to about 1,000.〔(Barrett )〕 The purpose of this list is to identify and quantify this decline in Christian Science institutions and those related to Christian Science, as well as catalog the buildings and spaces once used by the Christian Science Church. While it is impossible to get accurate membership figures, it is possible to determine the decline in institutions through official church publications and other sources. ==Former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings in Canada and the United States== Notes: *In the status column ''Relocated'' indicates that a church or society sold its building but did not dissolve or merge. ''Merged'' indicates that a church or society merged with another one and relocated. *The NRHP column is for National Register of Historic Places or state or local listings with the highest one for a property being indicated as follows: ''Yes'' = NRHP; ''CP'' = contributing property in an NRHP district, ''State'' =state, territorial, etc., listing; ''Local'' = county, city, etc. listing; and ''No'' = none of these listings. Country = CAN for Canada or USA for the United States __NOTOC__ |Florida |Relocated |Sold in 2012 for $6.25 million. Building will be preserved and reused as a retail space with a 38-story condo tower built above and partially around it. First church now meets in its reading room at 15 West Flagler Street in Miami. |August C. Geiger |Classical Revival |1925 |NRHP eligible |USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Surfside, Florida) | |228 89th St, corner of Harding Ave., Surfside |Miami-Dade County |Florida | Delisted, withdrew from The Mother Church, changed name and relocated. |Current name is Church of Christ Jesus and Mary Baker Eddy Christian Science, Inc. Services are held at Christian Science Endtime Center in Denver, Colorado〔(Florida Division of Corporations: Detail by Entity Name )〕〔(Christian Science Endtime Center )〕 Its former building is now the Casa de Jesus.〔(Florida Division of Corporations: Detail by Entity Name: Case de Jesus, Inc. )〕 | |Florida modern |1953 |No | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Orlando, Florida) |100px |24 North Rosalind Avenue Orlando |Orange County |Florida | Relocated |Now St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church.〔(Florida Heritage )〕 First Church relocated to 915 North Ferncreek .〔''The Christian Science Journal'', February 2007, p. 102.〕 |Dunham, George Foote |Classical Revival |1926-1927 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (St. Petersburg, Florida) |100px |253 Fifth Avenue, North St. Petersburg |Pinellas County |Florida | Relocated |Now the Palladium at St. Petersburg College. First Church is relocated to 6333 1st Street, Northeast. |Cheney, Howard Lovewell |Romanesque Revival |1925 |CP | USA |- |Second Church of Christ, Scientist (St. Petersburg, Florida) | |6099 Central Avenue St. Petersburg |Pinellas County |Florida | Merged |Building at 6099 Central Avenue is now FreeFall Theatre. Second Church merged with First Church at 6333 1st Street, Northeast.〔(West St. Petersburg church will morph into theater site - Tampa Bay Times )〕 | | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Huntington, Indiana) |100px |815 Warren St., Huntington |Huntington County |Indiana | Dissolved | Now the Dan Quayle Center | | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Kokomo, Indiana) |100px |300 E. Mulberry Street Kokomo |Howard County |Indiana | Relocated | Now the Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church. CS Society meets at 1521 W. Lincoln | | |1924 | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Muncie, Indiana) | |326 W Charles Street Muncie |Delaware County |Indiana | Dissolved | Now the Rainbow Cathedral, which wants to sell the building〔()〕 | | |1929 | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | |4017 S. Drexel Blvd, Chicago |Cook County |Illinois | Dissolved | Now the Grant Memorial AME Church |Beman, Solon Spencer | |1897 |No | USA |- |Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | |2151 W Washington Blvd, Chicago |Cook County |Illinois | Dissolved | Now the Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church | Garden, Hugh M.G. | |1921 |Local | USA |- |Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois)〔(Ian Spula, Christian Science Leftovers, Curbed Chicago, Feb. 19, 2013 )〕〔(Brule Laker, ''Former Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church'' )〕 | |4840 S. Dorchester Ave., Chicago |Cook County |Illinois | Dissolved | Later the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Salem Baptist Church. For sale as of Feb., 2013 |Beman, Solon Spencer | |1904 |No | USA |- |Sixteenth Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) | |7201 N. Ashland Blvd., Chicago |Cook County |Illinois | Relocated | Now the Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, Saint George Parish. Sixteenth Church is now located at 7036 N. Ridge Avenue 〔(Sixteenth Church website )〕 |Cheney, Howard Lovewell |Classical Revival |1924 |No | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Riverside, Illinois)〔(Prairie School Traveler: First Church of Christ, Scientist, Riverside, Illinois )〕 | |135 Longcommon Road, Riverside |Cook County |Illinois | Dissolved | Now a private residence. |Cheney, Howard Lovewell |Prairie School |1920 | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Rock Island, Illinois) |100px |700 22nd Street, Rock Island |Rock Island County |Illinois | Dissolved | Now a Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum 〔(Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Rock Island )〕 |Jones, William C. |Palladian |1914-1915 |CP | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Anita, Iowa) | |812 3rd Street, Anita |Cass County |Iowa | Dissolved | Now the Anita Public Library | | |1931 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Mason City, Iowa) | |23 3rd St, N.W., Mason City |Cerro Gordo County |Iowa | Dissolved | Now professional offices |Smith, Clyde W. | |1928 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Fairfield, Iowa) | |300 East Burlington Ave, Fairfield |Jefferson County |Iowa | Dissolved | Now St. Gabriel and All Angels Liberal Catholic Church | | |1927 |Yes eligible | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Marshalltown, Iowa) |100px |412 W Main St, Marshalltown |Marshall County |Iowa | Dissolved | Bulldozed in August, 1985.〔(The Prairie School Traveler - RIP )〕 | Garden, Hugh M.G. |Prairie School |1903 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Davenport, Iowa) |100px |636 Kirkwood Boulevard Davenport |Scott County |Iowa | Relocated | Now the Harvest Time Family Worship Center. First Church relocated to 3705 Fairhaven Road. |Clausen and Clausen |Classical Revival |1912 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Shreveport, Louisiana) | |3201 Centenary Boulevard Shreveport |Caddo Parrish |Louisiana | Relocated | Now a Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum.〔(Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Shreveport )〕 First Church relocated to 3424 Line Avenue |? |? |? |? | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Atchison, Kansas) | |401 Santa Fe St., Atchison |Atchison County |Kansas | Dissolved | Now the Presbyterian Community Center and is home to Theatre Atchison.〔(Haunted Atchison: Atchison Theatre )〕 |? |Classical Revival |1913 |No | USA |- |Christian Science Church (Chatham, Massachusetts) | | 805 Main Street, Chatham |Barnstable County |Massachusetts | Relocated |Now the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Chatham.〔(UU Meeting House of Chatham website )〕 There is a ''CS Journal'' listing for First Church, Harwich-Chatham, located in Harwich Port.〔''The Christian Science Journal'', December, 2007, p. 106.〕 |Unknown | | | | USA |- |Mary Baker Eddy Home |100px | 400 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Newton |Middlesex County |Massachusetts | Dissolved |Sold to the Longyear Foundation, which is now restoring it.〔(Longyear Museum: Chestnut Hill )〕 |Peabody and Stearns, 1880; Solon Spencer Beman, 1907 | |1880 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts) | 100px | 391 Walnut St., Newtonville, Newton |Middlesex County |Massachusetts | Relocated |Now Oxford House apartments. Building at 391 Walnut Street was sold for $1,050,000 to be converted into apartments.〔(Newton City Records )〕 First Church now meets at 1141 Walnut St, Newton Highlands |Densmore, LeClear and Robbins |Georgian Revival |1940 |CP | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Dedham, Massachusetts) | | 619 High Street, Dedham |Norfolk County |Massachusetts | Dissolved |Now professional offices〔(Waymarking page for Former First Church of Christ, Scientist, Dedham, Massachusetts )〕 | |Georgian Revival |1939 | | USA |- |First Church of Christ Scientist (Battle Creek, Michigan) | |226 Capital Ave NE Battle Creek |Calhoun, County |Michigan | Relocated |Now The Potters House Church.〔(United Pentecostal Churches in Michigan )〕 First Church is now located at 99 North Ave.〔(CS Churches in Michigan )〕 | | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ Scientist (Detroit) |100px |4743 Cass Avenue, Detroit |Wayne, County |Michigan | Relocated |Sold in 1961 to Wayne State University and now houses the university's Hillberry Theatre |Smith, Hinchman & Grylls |Neoclassical |1917 |CP | USA |- |First Church of Christ Scientist (Kalamazoo, Michigan) | |Corner of South & Park sts. Kalamazoo |Kalamazoo, County |Michigan | Relocated |Since 2006 owned by Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, which has rented it out to churches. First Church relocated to 1225 Portage Street | Jones, William C. | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1897 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |100px |614-620 15th Street, East, Minneapolis |Hennepin County |Minnesota | Relocated later dissolved | Now the Physical Theatre Lab which uses the address of 616 E 15TH St. In 1914 First Church moved to 2315 Nicollet Ave, but later dissolved |Bowler, Septimus J. |Mixed |1897 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1914 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | |2315 Nicollet Ave (Nicollet Ave & E 24th St) Minneapolis |Hennepin County |Minnesota |Dissolved | Now the Minneapolis First Seventh-day Adventist Church.〔(Minneapolis City Council Minutes at page 6 )〕〔Ivey, Paul Eli, ''Prayers in Stone: Christian Science Architecture in the United States, 1894-1930'', Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, p. 141, ISBN 0-252-02445-1〕〔(Minneapolis First Seventh-day Adventist Church website )〕 |Beman, Solon Spencer | |1914 |No | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Fairmont, Minnesota) |100px |222 E Blue Earth Ave, Fairmont |Martin County |Minnesota | Dissolved | Now the ''Red Rock Center for the Arts''. Church sold building in 1937 and moved to a second building at 205 Albion Avenue, but later dissolved. |Jones, Harry Wild |Richardsonian Romanesque |1898 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist, Albion Avenue (Fairmont, Minnesota) | |205 Albion Ave, Fairmont |Martin County |Minnesota | Dissolved | Now the Lakeview Funeral Home. ||Faulkner, Charles Draper |Georgian Revival |1937 |No | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Duluth, Minnesota) | |902 East 1st St, Duluth |St. LouisCounty |Minnesota | Relocated | Now a Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum | | |1912 |No | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Vicksburg, Mississippi) |100px |206 Main Street, Vicksburg |Adams County |Mississippi | Dissolved | As of 1973, the church was located in the former Commercial Bank, which was declared a National Historic Landmark that year. The church is no longer in existence. |Unknown | |1833 |Yes | USA |- |Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist (St. Louis, Missouri) |(1946 photo by Joseph Hampel from Missouri History Museum online ) |3452 Potomac,St. Louis, Missouri 63118 St. Louis |St. Louis City |Missouri | No longer a Christian Science church | Now houses the Metro Christian Worship Center of St. Louis, Missouri | | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Butte, Montana) | | 229 North Montana Street, Butte |Silver Bow County |Montana | Unknown | Sold September 15, 2014 |Arnold, Walter |Classical Revival |1920 | CP | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Reno, Nevada) | | 501 Riverside Drive, Reno |Washoe County |Nevada | Relocated |Now the Lear Theater. First Church relocated to 795 West Peckham Lane. |Williams, Paul Revere |Classical Revival |1939 |Yes | USA |- |Christian Science Pleasant View Home | |227 Pleasant St, Concord |Merrimack County |New Hampshire | Dissolved |Now a profit-making retirement home. 〔(Pleasant View Retirement: About Us )〕 |Bowditch, Arthur H., building; Arthur Asahel Shurcliff, landscaping |Georgian Revival |1926 |Yes | USA |- |Christian Science Society (Cape May, New Jersey) |100px |34 Gurney St, corner of Columbia St, Cape May |Cape May County |New Jersey | Dissolved | Now a bed and breakfast |Button, Stephen Decatur | |1869 - 1870 |CP | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Plainfield, New Jersey) | |905 Prospect Ave, corner E 9th St. Plainfield |Union County |New Jersey | Delisted, withdrew from The Mother Church, changed name |Now Plainfield Christian Science Church, Independent. Dropped from the CS Journal in 1977.〔(Plainfield Christian Science Church: Our History )〕 |unknown |Georgian Revival |unknown |No | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Buffalo, New York) |100px |220 North St., Buffalo |Erie County |New York | Relocated/Merged |Now a Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum.〔(First Church of Christ, Scientist / Karpeles Manuscript Museum )〕 After relocating in 1992, the congregation merged in 1996with First Church, Kenmore |Solon S. Beman |Classical Revival |1912 |Local | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (New York, New York) |100px |One West 96th Street at Central Park West Manhattan |New York County |New York | Merged |In 2003 First Church of Christ, Scientist merged with Second Church of Christ, Scientist. The building at 96th Street is now Crenshaw Christian Center. The merged CS congregation now uses the name First Church but worships at the former Second Church on 68th Street. |Carrère and Hastings | | | | USA |- |Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (New York City) | |551 Ft. Washington Avenue, corner of 185th Street, Washington Heights, Manhattan |New York County |New York | Dissolved | Now Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights |Cherry and Matz | | | | USA |- |Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Staten Island, New York)〔Listed in CS Journal, December 1955; not listed in March 1996 et seq.〕 | |13 New Dorp Lane New Dorp Staten Island |Richmond County |New York | Dissolved | | | | | | USA |- | First Church of Christ, Scientist (Cleveland, Ohio) |100px | 2200 Overlook Road, in the University Circle area of Cleveland |Cuyahoga County |Ohio | Relocated |Now the headquarters of Nottingham•Spirk Design Associates. First Church is now located at 3181 Fairmount Boulevard. |Walker and Weeks | | | | USA |- |Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Cleveland, Ohio) | |3648 W 25th St (now 3648 Pearl Rd), Cleveland |Cuyahoga County |Ohio | Dissolved | Vacant in 1907. Now Bethlehem Temple of Praise Church.〔(Bethlehem Temple of Praise Church website )〕 Third Church of Christ, Scientist is no longer listed in the ''Christian Science Journal''.〔Christian Science Journal, December 2007, p. 111〕 |Striebinger, Frederick N. | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Lakewood, Ohio) | |15422 Detroit Ave, Lakewood |Cuyahoga County |Ohio | Dissolved | Now the 15422 LTD Building |Faulkner, Charles Draper | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Sandusky, Ohio) |100px |28 East Adams St, Sandusky |Erie County |Ohio | Dissolved | Now Emmanuel Temple Church, affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World | | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Toledo, Ohio) |100px |2704 Monroe Street Toledo |Lucas County |Ohio | Relocated |Now the United Missionary Baptist Church of Toledo. First Church is now located at 4647 West Central Avenue, Ottawa Hills |Yost and Packard | |1898 |NRHP | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Lebanon, Ohio) |100px |342 Columbus Avenue. Lebanon |Warren County |Ohio | Relocated |Now the Mohrman-Jack-Evans House, a house museum. First Church is now a CS Society and meets at 109 West Mulberry Street'' | | |1850 |Yes | USA |- | First Church of Christ, Scientist (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | 100px | 1200 N. Robinson Ave, Oklahoma City |Oklahoma County |Oklahoma | Relocated |Now vacant. First church meets at 4700 North Portland. | |Classical Revival | | | USA |- | First Church of Christ, Scientist (Portland, Oregon) |100px |1813 NW Everett St, Portland, Oregon |Multnomah County |Oregon | Dissolved | Now the Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center (NWNCC).〔(City of Portland Assessment Map )〕 |Beman, Solon Spencer | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Forest Grove, Oregon) |100px |1904 Pacific Ave, Forest Grove |Washington County |Oregon | Dissolved | Now an office building〔(1904 Pacific Avenue )〕 The church congregation no longer exists.〔(Christian Science Church listings for Oregon )〕 |Beman, Spencer, son of Solon Spencer Beman | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |100px |635 Clyde Street Pittsburgh |Allegheny |Pennsylvania | Relocated |Building was sold to the University of Pittsburgh and is now Pitt's University Child Development Center. First Church now meets at 201 North Dithridge.〔The Christian Science Journal, December 2007, p. 112〕 |Beman, Solon Spencer |Classical Revival |1904 |Local | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Scranton, Pennsylvania) | |520 Vine Street Scranton |Lackawanna County |Pennsylvania | Relocated |Now the Lackawanna County Children's Library. First Church is now Christian Science Society, Scranton, and meets at 335 North Washington Avenue.〔 |Ward, Albert J. | | | | USA |- | First Church of Christ, Scientist (Paris, Texas) | |339 West Kaufman, Paris |Lamar County |Texas | Dissolved | Vacant in 1988. Now being used by a Spanish-speaking Baptist congregation.〔(Google search for 339 W, Kaufman, Paris Texas, accessed Sept. 8, 2011 )〕 |Unknown | | | | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Salt Lake City, Utah) | |352 East 300 South (352 East Broadway), Salt Lake City |Salt Lake County |Utah | Dissolved | It is no longer listed in the Christian Science Journal,〔The Christian Science Journal, December 2007, p. 114〕 After being used for a time by Anthony's Fine Art and Antiques, the building is once again being used as a church: Iglesia La Luz del Mundo〔(Church in the snow )〕 |Ware, Walter E. |Richardsonian Romanesque |1898 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) |100px | 1519 East Denny Way / 1841 16th Avenue, Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle |King County |Washington | Relocated |Now a housing complex called The Sanctuary.〔(The Sanctuary: Live in a Landmark )〕 First Church relocated to 900 Thomas Street |Heath, Frederick |Classical Revival |1906 - 1908 |Local | USA |- |Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) |100px |1119 8th Ave, Seattle |King County |Washington | Dissolved | Sold by the church in 1998 for $1,600,000. Now Town Hall Seattle | unknown | Classical Revival |1916 - 1922 |No | USA |- |Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) |100px |3515 S Alaska St (corner of 36th Ave, S), Seattle |King County |Washington | Dissolved | Now the Rainier Valley Cultural Center | Roberts, Earl A. | Mixed | 1921 |CP | USA |- |Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) |100px |2656 42nd Avenue, SW, Seattle |King County |Washington | Merged |Building is now the Sanctuary at Admiral and is a venue for weddings and banquets. Sixth Church merged with Fourteenth Church of Christ, Scientist |Field, Gerald C. |Art Deco |1929 |Local | USA |- |Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) |100px |2555 8th Ave, West (corner of W Halladay St), Seattle |King County |Washington | Dissolved | Now the Seattle Church of Christ |Thomas, Harlan |Mixed, Octagon |1926 |No | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Neillsville, Wisconsin) |100px |132 E 4th St, Neillsville |Clark County |Wisconsin | Dissolved | current use unknown | Corbey, L. J. |Classical Revival |1916 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Madison, Wisconsin) |100px | 315 Wisconsin Ave. Madison |Dane County |Wisconsin | Relocated |Now occupied by a marketing and advertising agency. First Church relocated to 610 South Segoe Road |Riley, Frank M. Riley |Classical Revival |1929 |Yes | USA |- |First Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |100px |1443-1451 North Prospect Ave, Milwaukee |Milwaukee County |Wisconsin | Dissolved | Now the 1451 Renaissance Place |Beman, Solon Spencer |Classical Revival |1907 |Yes | USA |- |Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) | |3069 North Downer Ave, Milwaukee |Milwaukee County |Wisconsin | Relocated |Now the Chinese Christian Church of Milwaukee. Fourth Church relocated to 2011 East Capitol Drive, Shorewood, Wisconsin.〔(Historic Designation study report )〕〔(Chinese Christian Church )〕〔 |Faulkner, Charles Draper |Georgian Revival |1930 |No | USA |- | Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |100px | 1036 N. Van Buren St. Milwaukee | Milwaukee County |Wisconsin | Dissolved |Now Metrobrook Church. | Grey, Elmer |Mixed |1902 |Yes | USA |- | First Church of Christ, Scientist (Marquette, Michigan)〔http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/161.html?nav=14〕 | | 124 E. Ridge St. Marquette | Marquette County |Michigan | |Now The Citadel. | Anderson, David |Neo Greek Revival |1926 |No | USA |} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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