Erected in 1865, the parish owns a complex of buildings constructed in a wide range of years, including two that have been designated as historic sites.

[2] A few Catholic families had settled in the vicinity of the village many years before, but their poverty had prevented them from supporting a pastor; accordingly, Mass was celebrated only occasionally by travelling priests.

[3] From the parish's earliest years, it possessed a cemetery: a small plot 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Botkins was used for a time, and it was soon replaced by a more suitable location on the village's northern edge.

[4] Many parishes in the region constructed rectories for their pastors in accordance with an archiepiscopal directive in the early twentieth century.

Some rural parishes, such as St. Rose's in St. Rose and St. Wendelin's in Wendelin, built one-room schools for their children in the middle or late nineteenth century, while parishes such as St. Joseph's in Wapakoneta and St. John's in Fryburg erected larger two-story structures around the beginning of the twentieth century.

[9] Although the rectory retains its location adjacent to the church,[6] the school has been destroyed,[7] and a parking lot now sits in its place.