The Esmond Methodist Episcopal Church was first organized in 1882, when the town of Esmond was known as Sana. In 1884 Sana was renamed Esmond, and in 1885 the church’s main structure was built. It was chartered in May 1885 by H.H. Sheets, D.F. Sheets, and Jane Barber, and it has operated continuously ever since. The parsonage to the west was built in 1907, and a resident minister served there until 1934. The annex on the north was added in 1927, giving the church its present-day appearance. The church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 because its Victorian styling preserves original shake, clapboard, and fish scale siding, and it stands as a gathering place for God’s people and a tribute to the generations that have cared for it.