The First United Methodist Church of Geneva was organized on November 17, 1877, as the Lake Harney Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Its first meeting was held in the log school house west of the Geneva Cemetery, and other early meetings were held in private homes. In 1880, Andrew J. Holder deeded a building site on the northeast shore of Lake Geneva to three trustees, and a church building was erected, with services held once a month by Methodists and once a month by Baptists. In 1909, Mr. H.B. Coffee donated land for a new church, and in 1911 the Methodist Conference authorized the sale of the original property and construction of a new church at 270 First Street. The first services there were held in 1912, and the building was dedicated in November 1913, debt free. The church had difficulty surviving after the freezes of 1884-1895, during World War I when many people moved away, and during the Great Depression, when the few remaining members sold two lots on the northeast corner of the property. After Alice B. Coffee, daughter of the land donor, learned of the sale, she bought the lots and deeded them back to the church with a reversion clause. The Florida East Coast Railroad was completed through Geneva in 1912, and as the community grew and rail transportation became available, activity shifted to the rail center, where the churches, school, post office, and stores built nearby remained the center of town. Later additions included four stained glass memorial windows in 1951, a fellowship hall west of the church in 1959, Sunday School rooms on the north side and a parsonage on the property in 1967, Ward Hall on the property in 1976, and completion of a seven stained glass window project in 1983.