The front facade is dominated by a projecting portico, which has six fluted Corinthian columns rising to an entablature and fully pedimented gable with dentil moulding.

The interior retains many original Greek Revival details, many of which are based on close copies of designs published in pattern books by Minard Lafever.

During the 1830s, an increasing number of congregants, as well as at least one minister, began adopting Universalist views, which conservative elements within the Baptist leadership considered heresy.

Jabez Swan, a fiery opponent of Universalism, led a revival in 1842 that prompted the Universalists to split.

[3] The cost of the church was an extreme burden on the Universalist congregation, and its members were unhappy with the preaching of the minister, Thomas Greenwood.