The East Sweden community was settled in the late 1880s by Swedish immigrants who had originally established homes in Williamson County. By 1889, twelve families had relocated there and built homes. Most of the settlers were Lutherans and held worship services in their homes until 1890, when a traveling Presbyterian minister, the Rev. J.A. Irvine, came to East Sweden and conducted services. The settlers agreed to become Presbyterians, and a congregation was organized by the Rev. Mr. Irvine and twelve charter members. A sanctuary was built on this site in 1892 and served the congregation until a windstorm destroyed it in 1916. Church members then met in the schoolhouse until the present structure was built in 1921. With its hip-on-hip wooden shingled roof, Gothic-arched windows, boxed eaves, and projecting portico with boxed columns, the church became a local landmark, and the congregation continues to uphold the traditions of its Sweden founders.