This building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on June 3, 1999, under criterion C., which says: Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction.

The NRHP application states that it is Vinita's best, most intact example of Classical Revival architecture, and because it represents a period of public construction in the city.

Soon thereafter, they built a wooden church building on South Thompson street, where they met until the early 1920s.

[2] By 1920, the congregation had grown to 150, with 160 in the Sunday School, and realized that they needed a larger facility.

The church hosted the annual Eastern Oklahoma Methodist Conference later that November.