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The Pawtucket Gospel Hall was opened April 9, 1916 at 412 Lonsdale Ave. [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/1c48c991d592586c89fd622f4f0c21b2a3c9c11b.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 181 in fellowship (63 men, 118 women) including 12 S.S. teachers, presiding over 120 children (for a total of 301 in 1926). The Hall had a value of $15,000.
'''Note:''' It is presumed that when PGH opened in 1916, the assembly at Central Falls merged in with it. However, in a March 1928 issue of The Believer's Magazine, it reported on behalf of Central Falls, R.I.: "The Assembly here has grown that they may have to increase their hall to seat more than its present 500." And the 1929 volume of the same magazine has separate reports for Pawtucket & Central Falls.
In the mid-1970's, knowing that one out of every seven people living in south eastern Rhode Island and Massachusetts are Portuguese, T. Ernest Wilson contacted the Christians at [[Buttonwoods Bible Chapel, RI|Buttonwoods Bible Chapel]] about Carlos Cerqueira, who was forced out of Angola and seeking the Lord’s will for place of service.