Pine Valley Chapel and Tithing Office, Religious landmark in Pine Valley, United States.

Pine Valley Chapel is a wooden church building with a distinctive curved ceiling designed without metal nails using shipbuilding techniques. The interior structure resembles an upturned ship hull, creating an unusual architectural form that visitors can see when entering.

A Scottish immigrant named Ebenezer Bryce built this chapel in 1868 using his shipbuilding skills and knowledge. His experience at sea directly influenced how he approached the construction of this building.

The building brings together New England church design with local Ponderosa pine timber harvested from nearby forests. This combination of imported architectural tradition and regional materials shaped how the space looks and feels to visitors today.

The chapel and the red-brick tithing office stand side by side in Pine Valley; the tithing office is east of the chapel. Both are listed together on the National Register of Historic Places, so look for the two buildings as one site. The chapel is still in continuous use as a meetinghouse, so expect an active congregation rather than a museum.

The building was constructed without metal nails, relying instead on wooden pegs and rawhide straps to hold everything together. This shows how the builder adapted nautical carpentry methods for church construction.