Soon after the Civil War, Nolensville's first African American church began worshiping in an old farmhouse on this site. On April 21, 1869, Ohio missionary G.H. Hartupee, who helped fund several African American churches in Middle Tennessee, purchased the land, which was deeded to trustees Rev. Hartupee, George Primm, and J.A. Edmonson. After the farmhouse was condemned in the early 1900's, the Williamson County Board of Education and the African American community built a two-story building here in 1916, with worship services on the upper level and the only educational opportunities for African American children in Nolensville on the lower level. When that building was condemned in 1943, the top floor was removed, the lower level was renovated for church use, and exterior block walls for a new building were constructed around the existing structure before the older interior was removed. During construction, worship and school met at Benevolent Society Lodge Hall #133, a lodge built by an African American charitable organization that provided burials and other benefits to its members after the Civil War and stood behind the Nolensville Bank building erected in 1906. In slavery and in post-Civil War life in Nolensville, members regarded faith in God, along with the "Songs of Zion," as central to their well-being. Initially known as Nolensville Methodist Church, it was renamed Ebenezer United Methodist in 1969 under the leadership of Rev. Green T. Jobe. One of its first pastors, Rev. Dixon, also taught in the early building that served as both church and school. In the early 1940's, the Williamson County Board of Education built Nolensville School No. 2 for African American students in a Rosenwald architectural style on old Rocky Fork Rd. near the entrance to Nolensville Park, and in 1966 African American teachers and students were integrated into Nolensville School, which had been established on Nolensville Rd. in 1937.