# Black Forest Community Church

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-community-church/
- Also known as: the Old Log Church
- Kind: Churches
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.0125, -104.6998 (street address)

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

One-room log church built in 1940 from logs cut and given by members, who also did the work; in 1976 a sign over the door read 'Christian Science Services' (PPLD record of survey B22; the 1987 Black Forest Preservation Plan's Map 2 No. 18). Sunday school from 1932 (von Ahlefeldt p. 101). Incorporated 1937 on two acres at the SE corner given by the Collins and Morrell fox farm (von Ahlefeldt) or 'the Wilkie Collins and C. Modell families' (Ellett p. 46). Basement 1939, log church 1940 (von Ahlefeldt); services by 1940 and a formal opening in October 1942 (Ellett).

## Where it was

6845 Shoup Road, at the Shoup-Black Forest corner (PPLD record of survey photo B22), El Paso County address point (county locator, 2026-10-05).

A street address, located with the county's address points.

## Nearby

- [Black Forest General Store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-general-store/): 0.1 mi west
- [Black Forest](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest/): 0.1 mi northwest
- [Black Forest Community Hall](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-community-hall/): 0.1 mi northwest
- [Black Forest Log School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-log-school/): 0.1 mi northwest
- [Collins and Morrell fox farm](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/collins-and-morrell-fox-farm/): 0.3 mi south
- [Casteel cabin and store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/casteel-cabin-and-store/): 0.4 mi north

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.