South Olive Christian Reformed Church grew from the Noordeloos church, one of four local West Michigan congregations that left the Reformed Church in America in 1857 to form the Christian Reformed Church. In 1885, members of the Noordeloos church received permission to organize a congregation in the southern part of Olive Township, originally called the Holland Christian Reformed Church at New Holland. Completed in 1887, the church became the nucleus of this Dutch-Calvinist farming community. A. J. Baker of Hamilton, Michigan, was the contractor for the original 40' x 50' frame building. The structure was enlarged in 1897, and a chapel built in 1898 was moved and attached to the rear of the church in 1935. A full basement was completed in 1948. Its simple design is accented with Gothic windows, and the front tower, with its open belfry, houses a 1.033-pound bell cast in 1897.