One of the distinctive elements is the tongue and groove ceilings. The roofs are designed to look like an inverted Noah's ark. They also have faux columns made of wood but painted to resemble marble, the stone used to build the cathedrals and churches left behind in the old country.
Not everyone came from the exact same place. While many came from the same general area, each member of the church would have brought with them slightly different traditions from their individual home churches and those were melded into something new here.