Swedish pioneers built this Swedish Methodist Church in 1872 on an acre deeded by Anders and Carolina Johnson, immigrants from Varmland, Sweden, and it became the central church in the area on the Lund Circuit of the Northern Swedish Mission Conference, served by Swedish-speaking pastors who traveled by horse and buggy. Some original members were buried in the cemetery behind the church, and the property also included a parsonage, horse stable, and well. Hand-hewn butternut benches, a platform with a railing, and a pastor's chair remained in the building, and in 1914 a large painting of Christ in Gethsemane by R. Ronge was added. By the mid-twenties membership had declined and the church closed, but in 1940 Selma Swanson Boreen, a granddaughter of Anders and Carolina Jonsson, purchased it so it could again serve the community. After Selma's death, her great-grandson Walter Swanson and his family cared for the church and grounds until his health failed, after which the property deteriorated. In the early 1990's local residents organized to restore the church and grounds, forming the Old Church Road Cemetery Association on June 25, 1994, purchasing the property from Selma Boreen's heirs, receiving the deed on October 31, 1994, and beginning restoration in memory of the early pioneers whose Christian faith shaped their homes and communities.