Prescott’s first church was a Cumberland Presbyterian congregation organized in April 1874, six months before the city was incorporated. A congregation of the Presbyterian Church in the United States followed in 1879, and church member Thomas C. McRae, a future governor of Arkansas, donated land for its building. The two churches federated in 1909 and initially worshiped in the Presbyterian Church in the United States building. After that building burned in 1911, another structure was built and stood until 1973. On December 15, 1974, Prescott Presbyterians dedicated a new building on the same site as they celebrated the congregation’s centennial. During the summer of 1941, when 110,000 U.S. Army troops camped in and around Prescott on training maneuvers, the church opened its doors to these service members. In the later 20th century, as Prescott’s population declined, church membership dwindled. At the congregation’s request, the Presbytery of the Pines closed the church on May 18, 2013, and the building was sold to the City of Prescott for one dollar so it could continue serving the city’s citizens.