Due to the failure to find a resident pastor, the church declined after Crocker's death in 1911.

[2] Sixteen years after Crocker's death, Bay Haven Baptist Church purchased the building and had it moved to their property on Bradenton Road.

When Bay Haven purchased a new building, a Spanish mission congregation utilized it until the early 1980s.

[8] With the help of the county, Jane Kirschner, former president of the historical society,[1] took ownership of the building and coordinated the church's final move to Pioneer Park in 2006.

[12] Since 2006, the Historical Society has worked to restore, maintain and utilize Crocker Church.

[13] Repairs were made to the wood siding, floor joists, west wall, foundation and six windows.