Pilgrim Trinitarian Congregational Church

Pilgrim Trinitarian Congregational Church is a Congregational church in Dorchester that has been sharing God’s grace in the neighborhood since 1862. It was organized on November 2, 1862, during the Civil War, when sixteen people met at the home of the Rev. Edmund Squire and formed what they called an unsectarian church of Jesus Christ. Its building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The congregation was recognized by an ecclesiastical council of orthodox Congregational churches in 1867, took the name Pilgrim Church in 1877 and adopted its current name in 1929. In October 1970, a fire in the attic above the main sanctuary caused heavy water and smoke damage. Worship then returned to the original 1890 chapel, and the sanctuary was rebuilt as a multipurpose fellowship hall.

What to Know

• In 1926 the church obtained a house on Bellevue Street in Dorchester for use as a parsonage.
• The church has been featured in news coverage, including South Boston Today and Upham’s Corner News.
• It is listed with Upham’s Corner Main Street.