The first Armenian church in the Western Hemisphere was built in Worcester in 1891.

[4][5][6] This original building was designed by Stephen C. Earle, a leading regional architect.

"[2] The current church building was constructed in a new location on Salisbury and Dean street in 1952.

[2] The 2002 book Memory fragments from the Armenian genocide claimed that "the construction of the small church gave the Armenians of Worcester a measure of respect from the larger community not previously given.

One man recalled that his father was no longer beaten at the wire mill after the church was built."