It was built in 1951 for the Dominican Priests as a pilgrimage church and as part of the community services for the Bay View and Bahía residential developments of suburban San Juan.

German born Henry Klumb, designed the building in a Modernist style with a regional approach linked to the organic architecture described by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The architect also followed liturgical and sacramental functions as dictated by doctrinal documents of the Catholic Church.

The building was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

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