The church was established to accommodate Augusta's growing Catholic immigrant population, which had outgrown the St. Patrick parish by the 1870s.

[2] In 1874, Father Theodore Bulter acquired land for the new church and a Christian school intended to serve people of all denominations.

[4] The facade of the church is distinguished by round towers with conical spires, and three stone arches frame the main entrances.

[2][4] The church served the Augusta community for 70 years until it was closed in 1971 due to escalating maintenance costs and a declining population in the surrounding neighborhood.

This decline was accelerated by two major floods of the Savannah River and the development of modern suburban, which drew residents away from downtown Augusta.