It burned down in 1902, and a new brick structure was built in 1903 and added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1980.

Isidore Robot and Brother Dominic Lambert,[a] arrived in the area and built a small house and chapel where St. Joseph's Cemetery is now.

The only part of the original church that could be salvaged was the bell, which has been reinstalled in the campanile of the new structure.

[4] The interior of the church was extensively remodeled in 1965 to accommodate the liturgical changes caused by Vatican II.

[4] The NRHP application for the current (1903) church described the building's architecture as eclectic.