Name: Community Christian Church
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Year Designed: 1940
Builder: Unknown
Year Built: circa 1941
Size: Unknown
Location: Country Club Plaza, 4601 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
Type: Religious
Style: Modern
Status: Good
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The concept for the church represents Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision for a “drive-in” church built of modern materials and made convenient to its members. Planned as a low cost (mesh sprayed with gunite) structure it embraced the growing “car culture” with parking terraces (never built). The hexagonal plan created drama in the interior space. As originally planned, the light tower was to be fitted with powerful lights creating a spire. Due to blackouts in World War II, this never was realized until local artist, Dale Eldred, installed lighting similar to the original design. Ben Wiltscheck, who was contractor for the Johnson Wax Complex, supervised construction.