Methodist services in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Columbus, Georgia began with meetings at “the old pavilion” at the corner of Hamilton Avenue and 20th Street in 1888. A frame building was constructed about at the southeast corner of Hamilton Avenue and 21st Street about 1890. This building burned around 1894 and was rebuilt on the same site. The corner stone was laid on June 25, 1909 for a new, brick building at the northeast corner of 21st Street and Thomas Avenue. The old frame building was moved to the rear of the property and housed the Sunday school. The new edifice was designed by T. W. Smith & Co. of Columbus, with J. W. Long as the contractor for the brick and stone work and Mr. W. B. Harris for the woodwork.