RARE Cast Iron Doorstop/Paperweight – First Church of Christ Scientist – Boston, MA (Vintage – early 20th Century). Width – 5.5. Weight – 4 lbs 7 ozs. First Church of Christ Scientist Bookends/Doorstops. Meridian, Mississippi, early 20th century, cast iron in the form of the First Church of Christ Scientist building in Boston, Massachusetts, marked on the front “The First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston” and on the back PAT. The Original Mother Church, designed by Franklin I. Welch, was completed in December 1894, eight years after the first Christian Science church, First Church of Christ, Scientist (Oconto, Wisconsin). Was built by local women who felt they had been helped by the religion. Although fairly large for the time, the original church, a Romanesque Revival. Stone structure, is often overlooked because it is dwarfed by the much larger domed Mother Church Extension. Designed to fit on a kite-shaped lot, the former features a 126-foot (38 m) steeple and an octagonal auditorium that seats 900. It is built of granite from New Hampshire. Mary Baker Eddy’s home state.