Some of the German speaking settlers in the area began in 1870 to plan for a church of their own. The congregation affiliated with the Northwest German conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and in 1873 erected a building on the Buckeye side of Scheider Road, which marks the division between Buckeye and Waddams townships. The church was just north of Richland Road at the intersection between the two thoroughfares. The church became known as "Jerusalem" because of the enthusiastic singing and joyful worship of the congregation. In the early days there were "bush" meetings outdoors under the trees with basket dinners. The church building was rebuilt in 1899 after a fire and in time underwent other improvements. In 1930, the church went with the German Conference into the Rock River Conference of the Methodist denomination. In 1959 after a consolidation, the building was closed. It was reopened in April 1962, under the auspices of the Free Methodist denomination, with Rev. Lyle D. Babcock of the Freeport church as pastor." Contributed by Karen Fyock These pictures were taken in May 2011 The history comes from the 1970 History of Stephenson County.