In 1915, Bee Ridge, then part of Manatee County, had a train station, post office, hotel, general store, and school, and a second wave of settlers wanted a church in the community. In January, 1917, the Reverend J. F. Winnard, D.D., Superintendent of Missions in St. John's Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church, U.S., organized the Presbyterian Church of Bee Ridge, Florida, with twenty-nine charter members, making it the second Presbyterian church in the Sarasota area. Mrs. Potter Palmer, through the Sarasota-Venice Company, gave the church two corner lots at Proctor and McIntosh Roads, and a congregation-appointed building committee under Elder J. F. Robie began construction with a loan from the Home Mission Committee in Atlanta. The church was dedicated on December 7, 1919. A major hurricane in 1926 destroyed it, and while the congregation held services in the Bee Ridge Baptist Church, it rebuilt and dedicated the replacement on March 8, 1927. On June 21, 1927, lightning struck the new church and burned it to the ground, though a piano, six pews, and most of the Bibles and hymnals were saved. A 1000 dollar insurance policy helped fund another rebuilding, during which the congregation worshipped in the Bee Ridge Woman's Club. The resulting wood frame church in the Gothic Revival style had a narthex, a sanctuary, and two classrooms, and was dedicated on October 2, 1927. Growth in membership in the 1940s led to construction of an educational building and a new sanctuary, and the Victor Lundy-designed sanctuary required moving the Little White Church farther back on the property in 1956. In 1989, the Albritton family completed restoration of the Little White Church in memory of family members, and it remains in use for Sunday service, small groups, weddings, and special services as part of worship at Bee Ridge Presbyterian Church.