For many years the villagers of Ragvaldsträsk held their services in the hall of the old schoolhouse, built in 1876 and known as Ragvaldsträsk's western elementary school. Wanting a dedicated space for worship, residents initially planned to extend the school with a prayer hall, deciding this at a village meeting in February 1922. Two months later they changed course, opting instead for a fully separate prayer house, with villagers Ander and John Vikdahl donating the land.
Construction plans were ready by June 1922, though bureaucratic hurdles followed: the county administrative board ruled that the villagers themselves could not hold title to the property, prompting the formal establishment of the Ragvaldsträsk prayer house association in May 1924. To simplify the legal transfer, the land was nominally sold for a token sum rather than given outright. Title was settled in September 1924, and the building was completed the following month, with the association reportedly recording a total construction cost of just over 7,000 kronor, partly covered by collections and donations and the remainder taken as a loan.
The building's style follows the common idiom of prayer houses in Västerbotten, with a large assembly hall lit by tall windows, a gallery, a smaller room for meetings, and a kitchen with an upstairs flat. A bell tower and a noticeboard complete the modest exterior, reflecting the building's continuing role as a hub for local gatherings. In more recent years the house has seen refurbishment, including new roofing, kitchen updates and repainted woodwork, with the south-facing exterior repainted around 2009.