FPC Logan was founded in 1829 when the First Presbyterian Church of Hocking County was organized with fifteen (15) members through the efforts of the Presbyterian General Assembly.  In 1832 a revival was led by Rev. James McAboy and his assistants in Logan Village in a store built by Horatio Hatch. The sixteen (16) day revival was so successful, the members of First Presbyterian Church of Hocking County realized that they needed to move into town. With the permission of the Presbytery of Athens, the church moves into town on May 6, 1833, with fifty to sixty members. They sent twenty-five (25) members to New Plymouth to organize a Presbyterian Church there.

For the first eight (8) years, the church worshiped in Horatio Hatch’s store. In 1835 they moved the meetings to a one-room schoolhouse on the corner of Market and Hunter Streets.

The church started its move to its present site in September 1838, when the trustees entered into an agreement for the property with Hocking Hunter.  The church started its move to its present site in September 1838, when the trustees entered into an agreement for the property with Hocking Hunter. The first service in this new building was held in the spring of 1841. The little frame church went through many renovations until it was decided that a new structure was needed.

The first service in this new building was held in the spring of 1841. The little frame church went through many renovations until it was decided that a new structure was needed.

A little frame church was built on the lot for the cost of $600 (plus donated labor and pledges).

The present structure was completed and opened on February 25, 1900.   The cost of the venture was $18,000. This was the first electrified structure in the area and the light from the steeple became a touch point for the entire community. Inside, the sanctuary floor of the new church sloped gently down toward the chancel with its central pulpit and array of organ pipes behind. The organ console was under the pipes and the choir grouped around it facing the congregation. The pipes of the organ are, since a 1962 remodeling, hidden behind a plain reredos screen. Rather than the customary straight wood pews, these are curved in a semicircle surrounding the chancel. The church presently seats about 300; those who prefer to sit at the rear may or may not realize that they sit on pews from the 1876 church, the walnut pews that are now, as they were then, “elegantly cushioned.”

There are two large pictorial art-glass windows worthy of note. On the south wall is a three-paneled representation of Christ the Good Shepherd, given in memory of the man who did so much for his church, John Rochester, 1796-1876; he who “got religion” and followed his wife into the church at Rev. McAboy’s 1832 revival.

On the east wall is a single panel of the Boy Jesus, donated by Mr. C.E. Bowen’s Class and another triptych. The center panel is Christ with arms outstretched; the south panel, Christ and the lost sheep; the north panel, Christ and a child.

On the exterior of the structure, the block and bricks were made locally, at the then Hocking Clay Manufacturing Co., forerunner of today’s Logan Clay Products. The brick is irreplaceable, hand-made rock-faced vitrified (salt-glazed) brick. The pointed gothic lintels over both windows and doors are of native sandstone, as are the other decorative architectural features

The present structure has seen many renovations and additions over the past on hundred and twenty-two years, including covering and uncovering the art-glass dome in the roof of the sanctuary, adding a lift and restrooms that allow for handicap access, construction of a new fellowship hall (Westminster House 1954), Wi-Fi and digital technology. The continual care and upkeep of the building demonstrates the good stewardship of the congregation for the rich bounty with which God has blessed the congregation and the community of Logan.