The town of Pine was established by four Mormon families in 1879.

On June 12, 1881 John Bushman of the Little Colorado Stake Presidency came to Pine Arizona and organized the first branch with Rial Allen as Bishop, with counselors Price Nelson and Alma M. Hunt. A Relief Society was also organized with Susan Allen as President, with Ellen and Mary Allen as counselors. 

In 1882, the community built a one room log building to serve as a church meeting place as well as a school house.  At that time there were 10 LDS families and 78 members in Pine.  That spring the Pine Sunday School was organized with 12 teachers and 46 pupils.

In 1887 the branch reported 25 families and 172 members.  Later a large frame school house was built and services were held there. At a stake conference in Albuquerque NM on 14 Aug 1890, LDS President Wilford Woodruff authorized the abandonment of all settlements in the Tonto Basin in part due to the new law against plural marriage, and in part due to the violence of the Pleasant Valley War.  Over the next several years, branches and stakes were re-organized, and by 1894 only six Mormon families remained in Pine.  In 1900 the branch was made a ward and attached to the Maricopa AZ Stake.

On Aug 8, 1914 Bishop Isaac Hunt held a special Priesthood meeting to ask opinions about building a chapel for church services. All were in favor. Consent of the church authorities in Salt Lake City was obtained and contact with Maricopa Stake Presidency for plans and preparations were begun. Plans were submitted and approved and the first work on the foundation of the new chapel was begun 17 Aug. 1915. 

After its completion and furnishing of pews, pulpit, and piano, the chapel was dedicated by Elder David O. McKay, of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, on 23 May 1917. The cost of the chapel was $4,082.