On 16 February 1877, J.W. Hutton gave land to the trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church in the annual conference of the Tennessee district. Designed in the carpenter vernacular style, the frame building was constructed by contractor Thomas Slate for $2,000. Reverend B.F. Duggan conducted the first worship in November, 1877. The name Mount Pleasant changed to Clay Hill in 1998 to better identify location and history.