It is located on one of two public squares set aside for houses of worship in the Dover town plan of 1717.

Adjacent to the church is the cemetery, with a number of notable burials.

[3] The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

It is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, which encompasses the entire state and whose current Bishop is The Right Reverend Kevin Brown.

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