The central part of the house was built in 1887 by Col. Isaac Trabue as a community hall for school classes and church services. Methodist trustees bought the building in 1889. After the Methodists built a new church in 1917, Mr. W. M. Mayes bought the structure and moved it to the present location. Eighty years later, Mark and Cecelia Neese purchased the then condemned apartment house and during restoration discovered they were the owners of the original historic community center which included a church's sanctuary and chancel area. There is a bell tower in the rear.
