This Methodist church building originally stood in a central location in the growing community of Green Springs, renamed Safety Harbor in 1917. Early members included pioneer families of the upper Pinellas Peninsula such as the McMullens and Booths. The congregation hosted many social events, including a Methodist Coffee Hour with devotional readings, fellowship, refreshments, and occasional entertainment, as well as popular potluck dinners. Circuit-riding Methodist pastors served this church and also conducted religious services for congregations in Anona, Bay View, Curlew, Largo, Ozona, Sutherland, and other locations. The simple, free structure emphasized function over elaborate ornament, and its tongue-and-groove planking for the walls, ceiling, and floors came from E.H. Coachman's sawmill at Philippe Hammock, now part of Philippe Park. After the congregation outgrew the church, it opened a new sanctuary in 1960 and converted this structure into Sunday school classrooms and office space. Strong winds during the October 1921 hurricane lifted the entire church from the ground and repositioned it elsewhere on the property facing a new direction, where it was left; another hurricane in 1935 ripped off most of the roof. The structure still contains its original pulpit and altar rail, and in 1977 workers moving it to Heritage Village removed the roof one last time. Safety Harbor First United Methodist Church had 41 pastors during its 97 years but only 5 organists.