Picture - First Church

Ottoville's first church

From the Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Book

               As yet they had no church in which to hold their services, and for quite a number of years they had no resident pastor. But the first step had been taken which promised something better for the future. Father Bredeick came regularly once every month, holding services in a frame structure 20 by 36 ft. and two stories high, which he caused to be built on 1850, to serve the little community a double purpose. In the upper story Father Bredeick offered up the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and performed all other church services, while the lower floor offered temporary quarters for newly arrived settlers who had as yet no fixed place of abode.

              On March 7, 1863 five years after the death of Father Bredeick, the trustee of the parish sold the building to Herman Frecker for the magnificent sum of $225. It later became the property of various other settlers until it was bought by F. F. Vincke who occupied it until he replaced it with a handsome brick residence, his present home.