In 1765 John Schwarbach, who apparently was temporarily rendering pastoral services, conveyed three acres (1.2 ha) of land to Peter Painter and Jacob Shaffer, trustees of this church.

Mount Calvary was originally a union church shared by members of the Lutheran and Reformed faiths.

The insistence on conducting all church functions in the German language led to the cancellation of the union agreement in 1832, when the Reformed people formed a separate congregation.

However, on August 6, 1765, Johannes Schwarbach, who apparently was temporarily rendering pastoral services, conveyed three acres (1.2 ha) of land to Peter Painter and Jacob Shaffer, trustees of the church.

[16] The building is a two-story rectangular brick structure with a metal gable roof.

[19] There are at least two English translations of its pages: Tradition says that an earlier church register was lost in the Civil War.