The Taymouth Historical Association, from its founding, has taken on the restoration of the 1873 St. Paul’s Episcopal Mission Church. It is a project funded by fund raisers, grants and donations. Much of the work is volunteer by members of the Association and the community.

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The Episcopal Mission of Taymouth was begun in August, 1873, by the Rev. Charles Thorpe of Lapeer who held monthly services on Sunday, and weekday services on alternate Wednesdays for about a year, in the home of C.M. Cook and the school house. Then the Rev. G.W. Wilson and the Rev. W.H. Watts from Saginaw held the Wednesday meetings until Rev. H.J. Brown, Jr. took charge December 11, 1874.

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The Mission was named St. Paul’s Mission, Taymouth. The land was furnished from the farms of D.M. Cook and John McIntosh. An addition to the cemetery was made in 1879 and other additions were made later.

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The church building was begun in August 1874, and the corner stone was laid on August 13, with a service by Rev. G.W. Wilson. The building looked much like it does now on the outside, except that it had stained glass windows. The circular window over the door had blue glass with a beautiful white dove. The church was heated by a large iron stove in the front. The floor has round holes to admit heat from under the church. There was a dug out place containing a large flat stove like a hotel cook stove. There was tolled for funerals.

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On September 16, 1990 a dedication ceremony was held at the Cook Cemetery for the Historical Marker presented by the Michigan Historical Society for St. Paul’s Episcopal Mission which is located there.