In the late 1800's, travelers arriving in Stuart recognized a civilized town by the steeple of its first church beside the railroad in the Potsdam Subdivision. Built in 1895, that 12-member congregation represented more than 10 percent of the city's population, when Stuart had not yet reached 100 people. The two-story building later known as Woodmen Hall was built in 1914 for Pineapple Camp No. 150, Woodmen of the World, with H. A. Carlisle's Feed Store on the first floor. During the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, it served as a hospital, and Stuart's City Hall was also a tenant. Its longest downstairs tenant was the Southern Bell Telephone Company, which moved in during 1924 with its operators known as the "Hello Girls" and remained until 1959, by which time dial telephones had made the operators unnecessary. Meetings at Woodmen Hall had ended by 1950, and the aging building was condemned in 1994, but before it could be burned for firefighter training, Stuart Main Street secured state historic preservation status. A 1996 restoration by Stuart Main Street and Masterpiece Builders helped Woodmen Hall continue to thrive in downtown Stuart, and Masterpiece Builders also helped save other local landmarks including the Flagler Recreation Center, the former World War II Servicemen's Club, and the Stuart Feed Store, now the Stuart Heritage Museum.