[2] Land was purchased at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Silver Avenue for $5,000 and the first church building was built that same year.

[3] It was a Gothic Revival building built from red Arizona sandstone and brick with a corner bell tower.

The first service, led by Bishop George Kelly Dunlop, was held in November 1882 with 33 people in attendance.

[3] It was designed by Santa Fe architect John Gaw Meem and its cornerstone was placed on Easter Sunday, 1930.

Meem's design preserved the front and side entrances and bell tower from the old church while adding a much larger nave, executed in a modern Gothic style using brick and reclaimed stone.