The trunk of the walnut tree goes directly down the center of the plaque, dividing two pieces of text (in similar font as the first).

On the proper left of the tree trunk is written, "1821 First Church Organized in the Isaac Wilson Log Cabin by Reverend William Cravens" There is another raised line dividing the plaque and "Presented 1924 by Members of the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church Formerly Wesley Chapel" is inscribed.

The plaque was suggested by Mrs. John N. Carey, a member of the Meridian Street Methodist Church, chairman of the Committee on the Commemoration of the Indiana Society of Pioneers, and the founder of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

The latter ended his speech as follows: "We of this generation give this memorial to our posterity to be a valued record preserving in concise and imperishable form an account of the glorious service rendered our Christianity and our country by these pioneer preachers and heroic people.

The first church was established in the log cabin of Isaac Wilson, who was one of the original settlers of Indianapolis and owned the local sawmill.

As stated in the Indiana United Methodist Historical Society Newsletter, "On October 9th, the first sermon was preached by Reverend Cravens...and the following day lots were made available for sale.

Cravens was described as, "a man of respectable talents [who] possessed a world of wit, good common sense, and was one of the most undaunted men that ever lived."

As Meridian Street United Methodist historian, Daniel F. Evans noted, "Considering Cravens' aversion to drinking spirits, the plaque seems appropriately placed, since next to it is another which commemorates an 1879 meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union".