After the war, a committee of Second Church members wrote to John Adams in Europe requesting that he contact Reformed congregations there for assistance in repairing the church due to the British army's damage to the building.

[2] Adams responded that he would be unable to help because of differences in European attitudes toward soliciting for funds.

In 1847, the Central Baptist Society purchased and extensively modified the building.

In 1950, St. Joseph's Church of Newport purchased the meeting house and further renovated the structure.

[4] The Clarke Street Meeting House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.