The first Protestant services in the Clarks Fork Valley were held in 1897, when the Reverend John G. Clark of Red Lodge officiated in a company boardinghouse tent at the nearby coal mining town of Gebo. By 1905, the growing congregation needed a more permanent location, and the thriving town of Fromberg was chosen as the logical site. On donated land, local contractor Charles Darnall began construction of Fromberg’s first church in April 1907, and when he abruptly left town, volunteers completed the building in January 1908. By 1911, the church was paid for, and a special service was held to burn the mortgage notes. Its clapboard building, with a gabled roof, Gothic windows, and a steeple with square tower and open belfry, reflects vernacular church designs of the era. In 1921-1922, a Craftsman style addition expanded the church with an office, study room, and social room, paid for with funds raised by the Ladies’ Aid and built with volunteer labor. The south room of the addition soon opened as a library, making the church’s book collection available to the public. Now the United Methodist Church, the building represents the collective efforts and community spirit of Fromberg’s pioneer congregation.