Located at the intersection of two important, ancient Indigenous trails, built for its nearby village and farming community in Niagara, Beaverdams Church is the second oldest Methodist building still standing in Ontario. Originally a key stop on the Methodist circuit, it was here that the father of public education in British North America, Rev. Egerton Ryerson, first preached. After regular services ceased in 1890, the church became a Sunday School until the late 1970s.

Since the building was purchased by The Friends of Beaverdams Church from the City of Thorold in 2014, close to $500,000 has been raised by fundraising and donations. Work began with reroofing in 2014, a new foundation laid in 2016, all 26 windows replaced or restored in 2018, weatherboard siding replaced in 2019. Efforts are now focused on restoring the interior to its pre-1870 appearance.