In 1875, a wooden framed building stood on this site for the Carthage Christian Church. During the 1920s, the church changed from wood to brick, and the congregation quickly grew. This increase in membership was due mostly in part to the growth of its charter members, including Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Read, Mrs. Neeley Hale, Mrs. Eliza Gardenhire, Mrs. Savage, Miss Willette Memillian and her brother Benton, Mrs. Razillee Cullom, and Robert and John King. During the 1900s, church membership was roughly 100 to 125 members. Two Sunday school rooms were added in 1925 to allow for more growth. Early ministers of the church were James Gupton, J.W. Rainwater, Herman Norton, Gerald Harris, Harold Hall, Rufus Hurt, Herbert Leslie, and Neil Housewright. The church building that stood for so many years was destroyed by fire on April 8, 2004.