One of the few surviving pre-Civil War structures in Iowa City, Old Brick was built in 1856 at the site of an older Presbyterian church that had burned.

Its steeple was demolished in an 1877 wind storm, it was rebuilt with a crenellated belfry, giving it a distinctive appearance.

In 1974 the University of Iowa purchased the property and intended to demolish the church to make way for a parking lot, but public protest prevented the demolition.

This public protest manifested in the formation of Friends of Old Brick, the organization that purchased the structure in 1977.

This article about a property in Johnson County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.