Methodist classes were organized at the Center (renamed Rose Hill) and Clipper schoolhouses in the early 1870s.

The impetus to establish Middlefork Church was a six-week revival held under the leadership of the Rev.

[3] Stone for the foundation was quarried on the Riley Motsinger farm a few miles north of Allendale, Missouri.

Middlefork United Methodist Church is a rectangular-plan structure that measures 26 by 44 feet (7.9 by 13.4 m).

Italianate features include the tall, narrow, round hooded windows along the sides, the double-door entryway on the front, the corner boards with capitals, frieze board trim, round hood molds above the windows and the main entrance, and moldings at the eaves.