The Old Union "Mud" Church and Burial Ground: The spot where the Union Church was eventually erected was first a community burial ground. In 1820, a subscription was made stating that the subscribers wished to have a house built that would “answer the double purpose of a school and place of worship to be free for moral regular preachers of the gospel of all denominations.”

In 1841, another subscription was taken to “repair and improve” the rectangular log structure. During this time, rough cast plaster was added to its exterior, from which was derived its nickname of the “Old Mud Church.”

Because he gave much of his own money and employees toward the expansion effort, Hardman Philips tried to claim the church as an Episcopal Church, a move that ended in a lawsuit that Philips lost against the townsfolk who wished to keep the church open to all denominations.

Buried in the church burial ground are more than 500 of the town’s early residents who helped Philipsburg become the home it is to thousands of people today.

***Your next historical site is behind a bed of trees and but is across from the "Mud Church"