Pilgrim Congregational Church is an historic Congregational Church at 45 Broadway in

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. The Ronamesque stone church was designed by architect

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and built in 1852. The congregation was established by a doctrinal division of the First Parish Church. The church was listed on the

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on July 5, 1984.

Description and history

The Pilgrim Congregational Church is located on the east side of Broadway, a short way north of

Taunton Green The Taunton Green Historic District encompasses the core area of the historic 19th-century commercial downtown business district of Taunton, Massachusetts. It is centered on the town green, laid out in the 1740s, and now stands at the intersect ...

. It is a fieldstone structure, with a broad gabled roof and a slightly projecting square tower that divides the front (west-facing) facade into three parts. The main entrance is at the base of the tower, recessed under a round-arched opening. Windows on the front facade and tower are narrow Gothic arched windows up to the tower's belfry, which has three tall round-arch louvered openings on each face. The tower is capped by a low-pitch pyramidal roof with heavy brackets. Windows in the side walls are large round-arch stained glass windows, except in the first bay, where a recessed panel houses three small windows similar to those on the front. To the rear of the main church is a small chapel, added in 1915. The church was designed by the architect

and built in 1852 for a congregation established in 1823, which originally met in a wood-frame structure located just north of this building's site. It is the second-oldest church building in central Taunton.

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Pilgrim Church web site
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