[1] The church is designed in a Gothic Revival style with floral leadlight windows, a small spire, and an asymmetrical bell turret.

On the 2nd of December, 1896, the local Primitive Methodist committee decided to erect a church in the County of Eden area.

After climbing Mount Eden on the 6th of December, they found a suitable spot and decided that it would become the location of their new church.

Lance Corporal Percy Watkinson of the 2nd Battalion, Cantbeury Regiment, was the son of two congregation members who died during the war, at Passchendaele.

His will stipulated that £200 of his insurance money be donated to the church to help fund the building of a school hall for boys and young men.

[3]: 20–21 In 1922, to celebrate both the centenary of Methodism in New Zealand, and to accommodate for increased demand for the Sunday school, it was decided that a new hall was to be constructed.

This inauguration was attended not only by senior Auckland Methodist ministers, but also by members of the Presbyterian, Baptist, Anglican, and Congregational churches.

[3]: 32–33 Following the Second World War, austerity had hit and people were parsimonious; despite this, the church purchased and renovated a villa at 5 Paice Avenue for £1,225.

Due to the austerity measures of the New Zealand Government, combined with the parlour burning down on the 21st of February, 1950 saw financial difficulties for the church.