[1] Major Luman H. Tenney and his wife led the foundation of the Pilgrim Congregational Church in 1870.

[2] In January 1871, Reverend Doctor Charles Cotton Salter of New Haven, Connecticut became the first pastor.

[2][3] Pilgrim Church's second building, used from 1888 to 1915, was designed by William H. Willcox and Clarence H. Johnston, Sr, also at East Second Street and Lake Avenue.

[3] Duluth architects Frederick German and Leif Jenssen designed the current building at Fourth Street and 23rd Avenue East.

[7]Behind the altar, there is a large stained glass window created by Odell Prather and dedicated in 1979.