First Christian Church

First Christian Church was founded in 1952. Because of the rapid growth of the congregation the church moved from central Phoenix to its present location in north-central Phoenix. The church continued to grow and needed to build again. The search began for a design for the new Worship Center.  In 1949, the Southwest Christian Seminary in Phoenix had commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a Classical University. The drawings for this University were completed and made public in 1950. Drawings included a chapel, administrative buildings, seminar rooms, library, Greek theatre, faculty homes, and were designed for eighty acres. Because the Seminary ceased its operation, the University was never built.