They initially met in a rented schoolhouse located at the corner of Third and Virginia Streets.

The Gothic Revival structure was built of wood at the corner of Fifth and Virginia Streets for $1,400.

[2] The new church was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Sioux City architect Charles P. Brown.

The building was constructed in brick and the three spires were originally covered in decorative wood shingles.

In 1919 the organ was placed in the back of the church and the “Altar of Peace” was built in the apse.

[3] After the 1955 re-cladding of the exterior the main facade was greatly simplified with the removal of texture, patterning, and the four short pinnacles on the corners of all three towers.

Each bay is divided with a brick buttress and includes a large pointed-arch window.

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