Moses Fream, who had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hagerstown, Maryland, settled within one mile of where the church now stands, in the year 1792, and built what was then considered a large log house. In the second story he taught the first school that was opened in the township, and the same room was used for preaching by the Methodist itinerants. As the Fream family of twelve, children grew up they all became members of the church, and were also joined by Edward, Mathew and John Hare and Samuel Duncan and their families. They continued to worship in Fream\’s house until the year 1827, when the first Hopewell church was built, two miles north of Quemahoning. It was built of hewed logs and lined with boards, and had a shingle roof. The lot on which the church stands and the burying-ground adjoining were sold by Matthew Hare and wife to Samuel Duncan, John Hare and William Dalley, a son-in-law of Moses Fream, who were the first trustees. The deed bears date May 31, 1827, and the price paid was five dollars.
In the spring of 1851 the old log church was burnt, the fire originating in a defective flue. During the same year the new church was built. The building is plank, plastered inside and weatherboarded. The cost was eight hundred dollars. Present membership, fifty-five; sabbath school, fifty.
Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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