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white frame church with steepleLast service held in the old church on April 3, 1921. Members began to tear down this building the next day. The old church stood from 1867-1921.

rows of tombstones





A view of the cemetery after the original church was torn down. Later the tombstones were embedded in cement and formed into a cross at the rear of the new church.

7 men standing in pile of rubble with team of horses hooked to a sliding platform called a 'stone boat'




Clearing debris from the demolition site with horses and stone boat.

men and teams of horses with single furrow ploughs on the building site







Teams of men and their horses leveling and plowing the soil to loosen it for using the scoop. Looking west, the Parsonage is visible in the background.

teams of men and horses pulling scoops





Digging out the soil to prepare for the foundations using horse-drawn scoops. Looking east, the church sheds are in the background. These were the original sheds which were used to keep the horses and buggies under cover during church services.

hole in ground with rocks around the edge and a huge pile of bricks on the other side of the rocks


The foundation is dug and bricks are piled along the front. This is facing north with the school house across the road behind the pile of bricks.

group of men on wall forms pouring cement




Wall forms are up and the foundation is being poured.

horse pulling a wagon up a ramp with 1 man holding the reins of the horse and 1 man walking behind







The front ramp to the upper floor.

woman standing on platform of second floor with top of door frames behind her








Upper floor with front door forms in place.

17 men posed for picture at construction site with a horse, tools and frames of what will be stained glass windows







The work crew pause for a picture during construction of the new St. Peter's Lutheran Church which was built in 1921 and 1922.

Side of the building with window frames and roof trusses in place.





The window frames and roof trusses of the west side of the church.

View from front of church of window frames and roof trusses in place.







View of the front of church with window frames and roof trusses in place.

Completed church building with a 1920's car parked in front






View of the front and partial west side of the completed church with patterned tile roof and balustrades on top of east tower.