The building, a fine local example of Late Gothic Revival architecture, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

[1] The First Lutheran Church of the Reformation stands in downtown New Britain, on the west side of Franklin Square near its northern end.

It is symmetrical, with a pair of square four-stage towers rising to pinnacles on either side of the front facade; the original steeples were removed after one was struck by lightning.

At the center of the main facade is a large rose window set in a recessed lancet-arched panel.

Both Germans and Swedes settled in the city in large numbers, bringing their Lutheran faith with them.