The Christ Church Episcopal parishioners moved into a new church on north Palafox in 1903. The Episcopal Bishop of Florida deconsecrated the building 1935. The building served as the first public library until 1959. Between 1959 and 1995, Pensacola Historical Museum based itself in the bulding, but by 1995 the church had again fallen into disrepair. In 1995, the city voted to return the deed to Old Christ Church vestry who in turn leased it to Historic Pensacola to make it eligible for state grants to fund the necessary repairs.