In 1880, an adult class from the First Methodist Church became interested in establishing an all-black congregation. The group met in a frame building and called the Second Methodist Church. The group moved to a brick structure in 1917 and established as the Quayle Institutional Church (as they were the first institutional church in this part of the country) named after Bishop William A. Quayle. Quayle served as a resident Bishop and helped provide funding for the first church building. Church history mentions that membership had always been an issue for Quayle. The women of the church would bake and sell cookies just to pay the pastor, and pick vegetables to support the church families. Quayle was a majority and historically black congregation, but remained open to those of different ethnic and racial backgrounds in it's desire to be an all-inclusive church. Breaking ground at the final Quayle building was in 1971. The dedication sermon and ceremony was on March 18th, 1973 by Bishop Dixon. Kathy Carman, as a senior art class project designed the main stained glass window. It represents various values of Quayle church such as inclusivity, the purity of God, strong community and more. The church remained a memeber of the Kansas West Conference. Quayle's formal closure was January 1, 2012 and official closure on June 4, 2012.