In 1863, June Mathias Nemetz donated three acres of land, and a log church with a cedar shingle roof was soon constructed near the site.

The parish outgrew this original structure and commissioned a Milwaukee architect, Jon Paulu, to design a new one.

[3] The current Gothic Revival church building was begun in 1892 and completed in 1894, and the rectory was added in 1905.

[4] The interior is richly decorated with wood carvings, stencils, and stained glass, with a vaulted ceiling rising to 35 feet at the center.

William Scheer of Appleton painted frescoes of the life of Christ in 1912 which were restored in 1957 by Louis Shrovnal, himself a Czech church painter of Kewaunee.