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20-579: The library is located on the Christian Science Center , Massachusetts Avenue , Boston, Massachusetts , and housed in a portion of the 11-story structure originally built for the Christian Science Publishing Society . While the library holds the archive for the letters and manuscripts of Mary Baker Eddy which have been open to the public and scholars since 2002, it also contains other exhibits, including

40-521: A local architect, Chester Lindsay Churchill . It originally housed all publishing-related activities of the Church, including massive printing presses and bindery equipment. Engravings on the exterior of the building include the words Purity and Mercy (facing Massachusetts Avenue), Peace and Faith (facing the Mother Church extension), and Hope and Love (facing Clearway Street), as well as verses from

60-657: A portion of this road, then known as the Great Road, on his "Midnight Ride", and William Dawes and Samuel Prescott also rode on portions of this road on their way to Concord . These travels were on the Cambridge side of the Charles River ; the Harvard Bridge was not constructed until the 1880s. Massachusetts Avenue was formed at the end of the nineteenth century from what were separate roads. In Boston

80-696: A rare Coverdale Bible (1535) and Tyndale Bible (1550); as well as first editions of the Matthew Bible (1537), Great Bible (1539), Bishops' Bible (1568), Geneva Bible (1560), and King James Bible (1611). The collection is available at the Library and on the web. Since 2014 the Library has started putting their collection of Eddy's letters, sermons, drafts of writings, notes, and more online at mbepapers.org. The collection includes over 28,000 letters written by Eddy throughout her life, and over 35,000 letters addressed to her. Since its opening in 2002,

100-670: A short distance. Massachusetts Avenue passes below part of the Boston Medical Center complex near Harrison Street, before passing above routes 9 , 2 , and the Massachusetts Turnpike ( Interstate 90 ). It crosses the Charles River from the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston into the city of Cambridge via the Harvard Bridge , where it passes both U.S. Route 3 and MA-Route 3 , it then bisects

120-739: Is a 13.5-acre (5.5 ha) site on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Huntington Avenue in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts . The plaza, which is owned by the Church of Christ, Scientist (the Christian Science church), was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2011, with the Commission describing it as a "heavily-used public space." The site houses

140-825: Is a lot of pedestrian traffic. A number of linear parks cut across various portions of Mass. Ave., including the Southwest Corridor Park , the Commonwealth Avenue portion of the Emerald Necklace , the Charles River Bike Path , the Cambridge Linear Park , Alewife Brook Reservation , and the Minuteman Bikeway . On the night of April 18–19, 1775, Paul Revere rode his horse down

160-585: Is a major thoroughfare in Boston , Massachusetts , and several cities and towns northwest of Boston. According to Boston magazine, "Its 16 miles of blacktop run from gritty industrial zones to verdant suburbia, homeless encampments, passing gentrified brownstones, college campuses and bustling commercial strips." The street begins at Everett Square in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester and runs southeast-northwest through Boston, paralleling Interstate 93 for

180-628: Is served with direct connections for a number of the MBTA 's bus and subway routes between Lexington and Boston. Direct bus connections on Mass Ave include 1 , 8 , 10 , 16 , 17 , 39 , 43 , 47 , 55 , 62 , 64 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 83 , 86 , 91 , 96 , 170 , 350 , 351 , CT2 , CT3 , a stop on the Silver Line bus, and LexPress. MBTA subway stations, from west to east, include Porter , Harvard , and Central along

200-458: The Calvin A. Frye diaries, Georgine Milmine collection, and organizational records for the church and publishing society. Short term research fellowships are available to scholars to support original research. 42°20′42.4″N 71°5′10.0″W  /  42.345111°N 71.086111°W  / 42.345111; -71.086111 Christian Science Center The Christian Science Plaza

220-564: The Mapparium , a three-story stained-glass globe that allows visitors to stand inside a globe depicting the world of 1934. The Christian Science Publishing Society building is one of several structures on the Christian Science Plaza . The plaza was expanded in the 1970s with a design by Araldo Cossutta , Architect-in-Charge, for I. M. Pei & Partners . The building was created of limestone and granite, and designed by

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240-604: The Bible. The Mapparium is the main exhibit at the library. It is a three-story, inverted globe consisting of 608 stained-glass panels. Visitors walk through the globe via a thirty-foot glass bridge from which they can stand in the middle of the world. Standing in the center of the bridge, a person can see the entire globe with none of the distortions most maps cause. The Mapparium's other notable features were actually completely unintentional: its spherical shape and glass construction create multiple unique acoustic effects. Standing in

260-611: The campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , passes through Central Square , and curves around two sides of Harvard Yard at Harvard Square . After Harvard Square it turns sharply northward, passes Harvard Law School , then passes through Porter Square , where it bears northwestward. It continues through North Cambridge , Arlington , and Lexington , where it enters the Minuteman National Historical Park . The road, by

280-524: The center of the globe, directly under the North Star, one can hear their voice in surround sound, as though they were speaking into their own ears. At either end of the bridge, visitors can also whisper from one doorway and be heard perfectly from the opposite side, 30 feet away, in a "whispering gallery" effect. Since the Mapparium was built in 1935, none of the panels have been updated, although one

300-515: The church archives have been open to scholars, and have helped produce works in a variety of fields. Research & Reference Services is located on the fourth floor of the Library and provides access to original materials that document the life of Mary Baker Eddy, the church that she founded, and more. The collections include letters, manuscripts, organizational records, photographs, artifacts, books, periodicals, audiovisuals, and other materials available for in-depth research. Specific collections include

320-710: The part to the east of Central Square retains the original name). From Harvard Square to the Arlington line at Alewife Brook it follows what had been North Avenue since 1838, and prior to that the Road to Menotomy. In Arlington it follows the former Arlington Avenue, and in Lexington it follows the former Main Street south of the Battle Green and the former Monument Street north of the Battle Green. Massachusetts Avenue

340-514: The religion's administrative center and its Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist . The Christian Science Plaza comprises 10.4 acres (4.2 ha) of open space, a 690 x 100 ft (210 x 30 m) reflecting pool , a children's fountain, and six buildings: 42°20′40″N 71°05′03″W  /  42.3445°N 71.0843°W  / 42.3445; -71.0843 Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston) Massachusetts Avenue (colloquially referred to as Mass Ave )

360-554: The road was previously called East Chester Park south of Chester Square and West Chester Park to the north (Chester Square is in the South End and is now called Chester Park). Across the river in Cambridge the road follows part of what was once Front Street near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then follows the former Main Street to Harvard Square (Main Street originally ran between Kendall and Harvard Squares, and

380-442: The same name, continues northwest and west, through many different cities and towns. It largely parallels or joins Route 2 and Route 2A , all the way into central Massachusetts, with a few gaps at towns that have different names for the central road. For much of its length, Massachusetts Avenue is a center of commercial activity, especially through the larger towns. Apartments, shops, and restaurants fill both sides of it, and there

400-458: Was replaced after being damaged. Visitors to the Mapparium may notice such historic differences as Africa depicted as a patchwork of colonies and the USSR united as one nation. In 2002, LED lights were installed around the globe and, together with an original composition of words and music, highlight these and other major changes since its creation in 1935. The Library houses over 460 Bibles including

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