Two years later, Dr. Charles Bronson Allen became pastor and convinced the congregation to construct a building at Woodward and Melbourne which burned down on Christmas Eve 1916.

One of the congregants, Sebastian S. Kresge (who lived nearby in Boston-Edison), donated land at Woodward and Chandler for a new building as well as offering substantial financial support.

Another congregant, William E. N. Hunter, designed the structure,[4] however, shortages of building materials and labor caused by World War I delayed construction.

They are entitled "The Dawn of Reformation," "John Wesley Preaching on His Father's Tomb," and "Francis Asbury, Apostle of the Long Trail."

These murals show smaller scenes of Methodist and Metropolitan History tied into the "family tree" that binds the congregation together.