In 1886, Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Nesbitt sold Union Chapel to the church’s trustees, with the deed specifying that it was to be used by all Christian denominations and by schools and agricultural societies. In this rural community, various clergymen preached there on a rotating schedule. The stone building, which featured double-hung Gothic arch-styled windows, was sustained by donations and fundraisers and was still in use in the 1910s. The chapel eventually fell into ruins, with three of its four walls and its roof collapsed. Before radio, television, and broad newspaper coverage of events, chapels such as this were important social as well as religious gathering places for local residents.