Our Christian Heritage

  • Browse/Search Sites
  • Map
  • Add Place
  • OI Tour
  • Podcast
  • OCH TV
  • VCY
  • About

Reconstruction of Pilgrim Church/Meetinghouse

Get Directions
 
Plimoth Plantation fort and meeting house 768x576
Previous Next
Place Category: Museum - SecularPlace Tags: Pilgrim
Website
Wikipedia
Website
 
  • Profile
  • Photos
  • Map
  • Reviews

The Pilgrims did not seek to build fancy houses of worship like those of the Church of England that they left. Rather they met in the fort for collective worship. The church later had its own building at First Parish Church.

 

Image Credit: Swampyank at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Related

Plimoth Plantation fort and meeting house 768x576
Loading...
No Records Found

Sorry, no records were found. Please adjust your search criteria and try again.

Maps failed to load

Sorry, unable to load the Maps API.

Leave a Review Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.
Select a rating

Previous
Next

Related

Find History Near Me
Loading...
No Records Found

Sorry, no records were found. Please adjust your search criteria and try again.

Maps failed to load

Sorry, unable to load the Maps API.

Address: 137 Warren Avenue
Plymouth
Massachusetts
02360
United States

Nearby Places:

William Bradford Statue 768x1152

William Bradford Statue

2.24 miles
No Reviews
Favorite
Back near the waterfront is the statue of the Pilgrim’s Governor, William Bradford. Bradford was the among the first to sign the Mayflower Compact, the first constitution for self-government. His journal, Of Plymouth Plantation, is the record of the challenges and adventures of this brave band of settlers. Featured Image Credit: NortheastAllie, and NortheastAllie. “The Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts – Read more...
Plymouth Rock Plymouth MA closeup Photo Ted Curtin 850x850 1 768x768

Plymouth Rock

2.28 miles
No Reviews
Favorite
A group of separtists sought to worship God as guided by their conscience. Known as the Pilgrims, they left England for the Netherlands, but soon their religious freedoms were threatened again by the king they had left. Would the New World be their destination? It would be a dangeorus voyage – and even more deadly if they arrived! In 1620 Read more...
Town Square Plymouth

First Parish Church in Plymouth

2.32 miles
No Reviews
Favorite
The Pilgrims who gathered first in Scrooby, then moved to the Netherlands, then they worshipped together in the Mayflower as they sailed in 1620. Their meetinghouse was the fort (depicted at Plimoth Plantation but originally located on Burial Hill), then moved down the hill to the current location. In 1801, the Trinitarians left in the split (identifying with the theological Read more...
683px Church of the Pilgrimage   Plymouth Massachusetts USA   August 13 2015   panoramio

Church of the Pilgrimage

2.32 miles
No Reviews
Favorite
In 1801, the Church of the Pilgrimage broke off from the First Parish Church in Plymouth in the Unitarian Controversy. The Congregationalists formed this church, which later became part of the United Church of Christ. On the front of the church is this plaque:   This tablet is inscribed in grateful memory of the Pilgrims and of their successors who Read more...
IMG 2160 1 768x1025

Location of Pilgrims Meeting House

2.4 miles
No Reviews
Favorite
Although depicted nearby at Plimoth Plantation, the actual location of the Pilgrim’s first church is here. Later the church would move down the hill to First Parish Church.   Site of the First Fort Built in 1621 Lower part used for church Also site of the fort built in 1675 which was 100 ft sq. Sides 10½ ft high   Read more...
View all

Recently Viewed History

Loading...

Change Location
Find awesome listings near you!
 

Loading Comments...