The first church building was erected during the summer of 1794. It stood about fifty yards south of the second edifice. The graves of the Wiggers (Gerhardt, Catherine, Barbara, and Julian E. Wiggers) and the Fricks (J. Andrew and his wife, Annie Frick) mark the site where the church stood. It was built of logs hewn on four sides and fitted closely together. The principal men engaged in this work were: Peter Schumpert, Ulrick Mayer, George Hamiter, and Thomas Frick II. Mr. Herman Sulton, a millwright by trade, was in charge of the hewing of the logs and the building operations. The timber was cut on the church land.

This first building is said to have been 25 x 35 feet. It was not until some years after the building was completed that it was ceiled with planed pine boards. There were two front doors, one on either side. Since no glass was available, the windows were small and equipped with shutters. In the interior, at the south end, there was a pulpit platform constructed of logs, with steps ascending from one side. The pews were split logs

with peg legs.

This primitive church, modest though it was, served the congregation for forty years. It was then sold to

Thomas Frick II, and the proceeds were used in building the second church.