The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit began as a simple rectangular board and batten structure built in 1886 by the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Apopka. Services were held there for ten years until the Great Freeze of 1895 forced the congregation to disband. The building then housed various businesses for several years and eventually fell into neglect. In 1902, two Orange County educators, sisters Elizabeth Emma and Mary E. Dart, persuaded Saint Luke's Cathedral in Orlando to purchase the building for $75 and establish an Episcopal mission. The Dart sisters, together with other Episcopalians, restored and reconsecrated the church. Bishop William Crane Gray held the first service on November 16, 1902, in the renamed Church of the Holy Spirit. Parking issues and traffic noise led the congregation to move the church to its current location in 1970. Growth in the congregation later prompted construction of a new church building, and the "Big Church" was consecrated by Bishop John W. Howe in 1990. The original "Little Church" now serves as Holy Spirit's Memorial Garden Chapel. Both churches display Carpenter Gothic architecture and reflect the Gospel Story of Jesus Christ in stained-glass windows.