Built in 1806 on land donated by Schellsburg founder John Schell, this log church is the oldest church structure in Bedford County. The German Reformed and Lutheran congregations shared it until both moved to new structures in Schellsburg by 1852. Logs for each side were donated by early pioneers John Schell, John Mowry, Jacob Hillegass, and George Rock. According to legend, members brought their dogs to keep their feet warm before a stove and pipe were purchased in 1809. The wineglass-shaped pulpit, stairs, pews, galleries, floor, and plaster were added a few years later at a total cost of $225.91 ½ cents to complete the church. In 1881 white weather boarding covered the exterior logs, but it was removed in 1936, after which the structure became known as the Old Log Church. Accounts passed down through the years say the earliest burial occurred in 1806 while workmen were finishing the roof and came down to help clear underbrush for the burial; no marker exists for the grave, but the woman is believed to have had the last name Whetstone, and markers for other Whetstone family members stand a few yards south of the church door. In 1860 Peter Schell, a son of John Schell, formed the Chestnut Ridge and Schellsburg Union Cemetery. Today the cemetery contains more than 4,500 burials, including eight Revolutionary War soldiers and veterans from every war to the present. On January 12, 2005, the Old Log Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.