In February 1999, the historic Shady Grove Methodist Episcopal Church building was added to the Alabama Register of Historic Landmarks. The historic wooden church was constructed around 1892 in the Ruby community, just west of Logan, Alabama in Cullman County. The building stands today much as it did when it was completed. There are no electric lights, indoor plumbing or running water.
Air conditioning is provided by opening tall windows.
The church and adjoining cemetery were built on seven acres of land donated by Richard and Jane McCain in December 28, 1882. Mr. McCain's grandmother Sarah McCain was the first person buried in the Shady Grove Cemetery. The congregation met under a brush arbor until about a year later when a small church was built 2.5 miles northwest of Logan. This church, which had a dirt floor and split logs for benches, was used as a school for three months each year. In 1888, the Rev. Daniel C. Beltz, a man of many talents who had recently come from Cincinnati to labor in the Master's vineyard, was appointed by the Methodist Conference to the Logan circuit.