CHURCH HISTORY | Pilgrim Collegiate Church

CHURCH HISTORY | Pilgrim Collegiate Church

1866: First Reformed Church officially formed and built a church on Wood Street in Youngstown.

1921: Built a new church at 322 Wick Ave., Youngstown, at a cost of $125,000 plus a pipe organ.

1950: First Reformed Church and Plymouth Congregational Church merge to form Pilgrim Collegiate Church, which remained on Wick Avenue.

1970: A $243,000 addition is dedicated providing classrooms, a nursery, a social lounge and other space.

2000: Pilgrim Collegiate and Bethlehem United Church of Christ merge to form Faith Community Church on East Midlothian Boulevard, Youngstown. Wick Avenue church vacated at that time and later leased to New Beginnings Outreach Ministries.

2008: Youngstown State University buys the church property. New Beginnings and a subtenant, The Greater Youngstown Point, move out.

Source: Vindicator files and Pilgrim Collegiate Church