South Congregational Church 1075 Washington Street Braintree, MA 02184 781-843-5155

Our History

A Brief History of the Church

Rising from it's grassy knoll at the corner of Washington and Pond Streets, South Congregational Church has quietly reflected the simple beauty of its New England architecture in the waters of Sunset Lake.

The Massachusetts legislature voted the legal organization as a body politic on February 24, 1829.

It’s almost time to be planning the 200th anniversary!

Officially the Church was organized as a new church on the 13th day of November 1829, by several members "lovingly dismissed" by the Rev. Richard S. Storrs, First Congregational Church, and three who came by letter from the South Church of Weymouth. This was done "That they might be organized with the three others into a new church", in connection with the South Congregational Society in Braintree (incorporated as the South Parish in 1828). A house of worship was erected on land "liberally donated" by Peter and Isaac Dyer and William Blake. To finance the cost, they sold 243 shares at $25.00 per share, which were subscribed to by 48 men.

A Sunday School was started at the same time.

Rev. Lyman Matthews 1829-1844

Rev. Francis Tenney 1845-1849

Rev. William B Hammond 1849-1856

Rev. Dennis Powers 1856-1859

Rev. L. R. Eastman 1862-1865

Rev. Daniel W. Waldron 1865-1866

Rev. Calvin Fitts 1866-1867

Rev. L Wheaton Allen 1869-1872

Rev. S. B Andrews 1873-1875

Rev. A. H. Johnson 1876-1878

Rev. Edwin Smith 1879-1882

Rev. E. O. Dyer 1883-1893

Rev. A. H. Ross 1893-1895

Rev. F. Hill Crathern 1896 -1910

Rev. Tyler E. Gale 1911-1919

Rev. Carlton L. Feener 1921-1934

Rev. Forrest R. Brown 1935-1942

Rev. Stanley T. Plumer 1943-1953

Rev. Paul E. Barnes 1954-1959

Rev. Silas W Anthony Interim Minister

Rev. H. Alfred Allenby 1959-1963

Rev. Carl M. Sharpe 1963-1965

Rev. Roland C. Marriott 1966-1968

Rev. Donald W. Smith 1969- 1993

Rev. William Fillebrown 1995-2000

Rev. Scott D. Killian 2000- present

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