In 1835 Rufus and Sarah Harrison settled on this property, traveling by ox team from Detroit. It was said their farm was the first in Flushing Township to be cleared.

In 1840 Flushing residents began holding religious services in James Seymour´s sawmill. In 1842 the First Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. As part of the Flint River Circuit, the Methodists were ministered to by circuit riders.

The church, which was originally located slightly west of this site, was moved here in 1940. The Gothic-inspired, wood frame building has undergone only minor changes since its relocation.

The goal of the Flushing Area Museum is to collect, acquire, preserve and interpret the history and cultural development of the area in and around Flushing, Michigan.

The Amos and Eliza Woodruff family migrated from Massachusetts to the Flushing area about 1845. During the next five years Woodruff purchased several parcels of land on River Road. In 1852 he acquired this land, which was part of an eighty-acre tract. A prosperous farmer and landowner, Woodruff was a civic leader who contributed to the development of Flushing.