[3] Prior to conversion to apartments the church contained a wooden pulpit from 1900, a sloped floor, and red, pink, and green paintwork for the interior.

Using money from the sale of a property on High Street the church obtained the funds to buy the land in Mount Eden and in May 1885, the Mt Eden Congregational Church was formed.

[5] Designed in a neo-classical style by Mitchel and Watt it opened 5 August 1900 and could seat 400.

[2] A roll of honour was revealed on 16 December 1919, it contains the name of 76 parishioners who served in World War I, of whom 17 were killed in action.

[1] In the same year the church closed due to an unsafe building notice, although services were still occasionally held into 2017.

[13] Despite having a category B heritage listing with Auckland Council the Environment Court ruled it could be demolished before the blaze occurred.

The fire resulted in Auckland Council abandoning it's appeal of the ruling.