Founded in 1854,[1] the parish is part of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey and a member of the Anglican Communion.

The parish was established by the first rector, the Reverend William Herbert Norris, at the direction of Bishop George Washington Doane; the church building was finished in 1856 and consecrated September 17, 1857.

[3] In 2020 the congregation reported 862 members, average Sunday attendance of 208, and plate and pledge financial support of $261,924.

[4] The church's pipe organ is M. P. Moller Opus 10523 (1969c) with eight ranks and two manuals.

The building includes stained glass by installed over two centuries from English and American workshops, with notable work by Paula Himmelsbach Balano (1877–1967), a German-American church artist working in a medium uncommon for women at the time of her installations.