Its 1848 Gothic Revival building, designed by architect John Notman and located at 2640-2658 East Huntington Street, was demolished in 2016.

Maxwell had observed the lack of an Episcopal presence in the Richmond District of Philadelphia County.

[9] The firm designed a three-story parish house immediately north of the church of brick with a brown freestone front.

The same Trentonian brown freestone composes the older section and works well to blend the addition into the original church building.

[13] In 1929, Church of the Messiah merged with St. Matthew's Mission, Oxford Circle, which was organized by the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in September 1928.

[14] The neighborhood's ethnic makeup was in flux when the church was closed as Eastern European immigrants flooded Port Richmond.

Fifteen memorial windows, chancel furniture (including the altar, pulpit, lectern, and font), and the organ from Church of the Messiah, Richmond were incorporated into this building.

In June, the Foundation sold the site to the Austrian Seacoast Beneficial and Benevolent Society or Adriatic Club (Austrianskih Primorvec Društvo Zamjenite Pomoći I Dobročinstvo U Filadelfi) for $15,500.22.

[18] In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the rector is the priest elected to head a self-supporting parish.