By 1834, the congregation had grown sufficiently to build its own church. John and Hannah Taggart donated a plot of land, 50 by 60 feet, on Front Street upon which a small plain brick building, 36 by 27 feet, was constructed. It was a typical English-style country church, a design popular in 19th century America (and strikingly similar to St. James Episcopal Church in Muncy which was built two years earlier, but razed in 1858). It cost about $1,000 to build and, by 1836, according to a letter written by Rev. Kay, "all but $100 was paid for."

The structure was brick with a plastered interior, a double-door entryway, and two windows in each of the four walls. The windows had 15 panes in both upper and lower sashes; the upper sashes were fixed and the lower sashes were operated by means of ropes and pulleys. The pulleys were probably removed when interior shutters were later added; one pulley remains yet, it is at the top of the front window on the right wall (facing the pulpit).

It is unclear what comprised the sanctuary, but the semi-cylindrical cabinet which stands in front of the present pulpit, and which is contemporaneous with the building’s construction, may have served as a lectern or altar. There were two small pews for the elders, or perhaps a choir, at one side of the pulpit and others at each side on the north wall, otherwise there were no pews in the nave.  Movable settees provided seating for the congregation.

The roof was supported by trusses in a small attic accessed by an arched window in the front (north) wall. Some "fancy" touches included a vaulted ceiling, arched Gothic sashes over the windows and front doorway, and a stepped parapet atop the front wall.

This 1834 structure is the same building that stands today. Its preservation is due to a combination of circumstances and the efforts of several dedicated individuals over the years. While most other church buildings in the area were rebuilt, torn down, or converted to other uses, the little chapel persisted in spite of the decline of Unitarianism in Northumberland. The congregation thrived under Rev. Kay but after his death, in 1847, it was difficult to find an able minister who was content to work in the rural setting.

Rev. Kay mentions in one of his letters that, "Within a few  years [after 1834] an organ was secured for the chapel." It is still in the chapel! It is a small cabinet pipe organ probably built for use in a home. It may have come from the Leighou family as John Leighou was one of the original chapel trustees and was a piano maker. The organ was built by John Wind, a Lancaster organ and piano maker and shows a date of 1815, older than the building itself.  It is one of only two John Wind organs still known to be in existence, and it originally stood next to the pulpit. The instrument was conceived as an “organized piano”, that is, a combination organ and piano, but Wind didn’t complete it; the piano mechanism was never installed ‘though the cabinet was built to accommodate one.(1)