Finding that the little Church was now becoming too small to accommodate them, the Society decided to build a more commodious house of worship.  It was commenced in the spring following, and was located on the corner of Jackson and Centre Streets.  This is the edifice now occupied by the first charge, is built of brick, and is 75 by 45 feet in size.  The building was not fully completed until during the Pastorate of Rev. Henry Requa, in 1855, but it was so far advanced that it was dedicated in July, 1853, by the pioneer veteran, Rev. John Clark, of the Rock River Conference.

The severe labors of Brother Stansbury overtaxed his strength, and he was compelled to seek rest.  Brother Mason was employed to fill out the balance of the year.  Brother Mason was a Local Preacher from England, had lost one limb, and though somewhat eccentric, he held a high rank as a pulpit orator.  He was often not a little surprised with the queer ways of this country.  I remember to have met him at the Janesville Conference several years later.  He was put up to preach, as usual on all great occasions, and delivered a grand sermon.  The following evening the Missionary Anniversary came, and at the close of the speeches, the meeting proceeded to constitute Life Memberships.  This was a new role to the old gentleman, but, soon comprehending the movement, he launched into it with all his soul.  The good Bishop was made a Life Member, then his wife, then the Missionary Secretary, and so on in a spirited manner.  As each proposition was made, the good brother planked his dollar, little dreaming of the length of the road upon which he had entered.  But as the memberships were multiplied, his purse fell under the law of subtraction, until it contained but one dollar more.  Just at this moment some zealous brother proposed to be one of ten to make the Presiding Elder of the Janesville District a Life Member of the Conference Missionary Society.  It was no time for parley about that remaining dollar, for the Janesville District must not be outdone by the other Districts in gallantry, so down went the last dollar.  But it had hardly reached the table before the giver was hunting for his crutches.  Such was the generous nature of the man, however, that he would have stood his ground to the coming of the morning if he had been advised in advance of the character of the Anniversary exercises.

In 1853 Rev. J.W.  Wood was stationed at Janesville, and Rev. Henry Requa in 1854 and 1855.  Brother Requa was very popular, drew large audiences, and realized an accession of fifty members.  At the Conference of 1855 a new charge was formed on the east side of the river, and Rev. C.C.  Mason, who had been received on trial, was appointed as its first Pastor.