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Rev. Puckett was reassigned in 1873. A succession of pastors followed, most staying only one or two years. Membership grew, and by 1876 plans were being made for a building. Land on the corner of Fifth and Commercial Streets was purchased. Even though the site was only three blocks from the town square, it was covered with a persimmon thicket. The land was cleared, and a pretty, white frame church was constructed at a cost of $3500. The church had a steeple on the right and a row of arched stained glass windows on each of the long sides. There was only one room in the church, but it held at least 150 people, based on some of the photographs that were taken during the time that this building was used.

By 1909 Ozark’s congregation had outgrown the white frame church. June 7 marked the day of the final services to be held in the church that had served them so well. The entire congregation went outside to pose for a picture commemorating the last day for this church to be standing. The photograph shows a large group of people in several rows that stretch almost the entire length of the church. Some of the men are inside the church, leaning out of the open windows. There are two rows of well-dressed children in the front. Both men and ladies are wearing hats.

That same day, groundbreaking began for the new church building. Each member of the building committee turned a shovel of dirt, followed by a representative of each of the seventeen Sunday school classes. The old church was torn down, and a new church began to rise in its place. For the rest of the year, Sunday school classes met at the Opera House and the Training School.