[1][2] It was the second property in the county listed on the National Register after the Walker Tavern.

The church originally held services in the home of Hervey Bliss, one of the village founders, and later in a schoolhouse.

The current Greek Revival church was constructed in 1849 at a cost of $2,800 under the ministry of Reverend John Monteith, who was a graduate from the Princeton Theological Seminary.

Monteith served as the university's unofficial first president from 1817–1821 after having moved to the Michigan Territory in 1816.

[3] In 1883, the building itself was moved slightly to its current position just north of U.S. Route 223 near the River Raisin.