The Saint Patrick's log church is located in the rural Armstrong County in Sugar Creek Township. Surrounded by woodlands and farms the church can only be reached by rural routes and dirt roads. The church is built of large oak logs measures 221 by 35'. The logs have been squared and have triangular notches. The crevices,between the logs have been filled with straw and clay. A gable roof with split shinges and a wooden cross top the log walls. The gable ends are board rather than log. There are three windows in each of the side walls. Their frames are thick squared logs and there are eight panes in each win dow opening. The rear of the church has no opening. A center door with a recent covered doorway forms the on y entrance to the church. The interior is plain. A one step dias holds a plain wooden altar. The interior walls near the altar had been covered and once had thin gilt paper near the altar. The floor is puncheon style to save additonal cattin.The church is devoid of furniture ex cept for the altar.
In 1795 an Irish colony which came by way of Connellsville and Freeport, settled in Donegal Township, Butler County. These setlers formed the nucleus of Sain Patrick's con gregation. This rugged area of Pennsylvania was made part of Sugar Creek Township in Armstrong County in 1800. Even today this rural church is easier to reached from Butler County roads than roads from its parent county, Armstrong. Today this simple log church is used only occassionaly but is valued as the foundation of Catholic worship in Western Pennsylvania. This church consideres to be the property of the National Register.
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