In 1915, Pastor Tryon of the Tacony Baptist Church recognized that his growing congregation needed more space. Many of the people who worshiped there also worked at the Disston Saw Works, and some pointed out to the Reverend that the Disston Yard was full of discarded grindstones. The congregation reached out to the Disston family and got permission to take 2500 of these stones to built an addition to their church.

Construction began in September and it was completed and dedicated on April 9, 1916. To this day the Tacony Baptist Church remains the only Sandstone Church in North America made of industrial by-products.