Dutch Bottoms Baptist Church, overlooking Douglas Lake alongside Hwy. 25-E, dates to 1920.
Having come to an agreement that the area needed a church building and leaders opted to erect a building and establish Dutch Bottoms Union Church. Within the framework of this Union Church, four denominations would worship on a rotating basis: Baptist, Methodist, Christian, and Presbyterian.
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