[1] The church was designed by the leading architect operating in Finland at the time, Carl Ludvig Engel, completed in 1836 and consecrated in 1841.

[1][2] It is designed in the neoclassical style, and constructed of timber, under a tarred wood shingle roof.

There is a standalone bell tower next to the church.

[1] The main altarpiece was created in 1907[3] by the Finnish, Alajärvi-born[4] post-impressionist artist Verner Thomé, and depicts Jesus's agony in the Gethsemane.

[1] The church, along with the city centre public and administrative buildings complex designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, has been designated and protected by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important built cultural environment (Valtakunnallisesti merkittävä rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö).