Built in 1869 to a design by Alexander R. Esty, it is the city's only example of ecclesiastical Romanesque Revival architecture.

It is a large masonry structure, built out of red sandstone with trim from the quarries of Isle La Motte.

It is basically rectangular in shape, with a gabled roof and a square tower 147 feet (45 m) in height at its northwest corner.

Bays on the sidewalls are articulated by buttresses, as are the corners of the tower, which rises to a square louvered belfry and octagonal steeple.

The parsonage was added in the early 20th century, using similar materials and styling, replacing the previous parsonage, which stood where Buell Street now runs.