It is a two-story rectangular wood-frame structure set on a stone foundation, with white clapboard siding and a gabled roof.

A square tower rises from the northern end of the roof, topped by an octagonal spire.

Francis Rice Carpenter, a church deacon and joiner, directed construction of that building.

It was apparently designed to serve a broader array of community functions, and housed Waterford's annual town meetings until 1957.

It continues to serve both civic and religious functions, hosting historical society events and meetings of the town selectmen.