The present building was built in 2009, replacing an 1896 structure which burned on March 12, 2006.

[2] The old church was designed by architect George E. James in the Carpenter Gothic style, and was built by Foss and Olsen in 1896 to serve a mission congregation founded only the year before.

The parish hall built in 1956 did not continue the Carpenter Gothic architecture of the church itself.

From 1918-1944, the church served as the pro-cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska.

On October 19, 1978, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.