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.
Sources
Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.