Founded in 1892, Main Street Methodist Church built its first sanctuary at West Main St. and Third Ave., on a lot donated by James W. Dillon, for whom the town and county are named, where the Dillon County Courthouse now stands. The original frame church was moved in 1910 to the corner of Third Ave. and Hudson St. to make way for the new county courthouse, completed in 1911. The first sanctuary on this site, a brick cruciform church in the Gothic Revival style, was designed by Charlotte architect Oliver D. Wheeler and completed in 1914, but it stood only seven months before burning in January 1915. The congregation then worshipped in the courthouse until a new church was built. Wheeler also designed the present sanctuary, which duplicates his original design and was completed in 1916.