The church building on East Deerpath, 1957.
In the early 20th century, many followers of Christian Science living in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff attended the Church of Christ Scientist in Highland Park, until 1932 when the First Church of Christ Scientist of Lake Forest was first organized. The group met in the former Masonic Temple on Westminster, which has since been torn down. A reading room with which the church was associated opened the same year, occupying a space at 611 Bank Lane. Like all Christian Science reading rooms, the Bank Lane reading room was free and open to the public, and held a large collection of Christian Scientist-approved publications. The reading room moved to a location on East Deerpath Rd in 1935. Beginning shortly after the organization of the church, guest lecturers began being invited to give talks, all of which were open to the public. During the Second World War, women from the congregation organized a War Relief Committee, and worked to send boxes of clothing to war-stricken areas
The Church of Christ Scientist met at the Masonic temple until 1949, when they began services in their new building at the corner of Deerpath and Washington Rd. The land for the new building was purchased in 1941, but construction was delayed due to the war. Built in a modernized colonial style, the church was designed by Chicago-architect Charles Draper Faulkner and features a large steeple that has become a Lake Forest landmark. The new building provided a space for Sunday School classes, a reading room, and a sizable sanctuary for worship. The reading room was housed at the church until 1957, when it moved to a location on N. Western Ave.
In more recent years, the church continued to sponsor live lectures for the community as well as lectures broadcasted via television or radio, and hold Sunday School classes. In 2016, the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society purchased the church building and has since converted it into the History Center. The First Church of Christ Scientist now meets in Gorton Community Center.