The 1875 High Victorian Gothic building was designed by William Appleton Potter for a congregation that was established in 1842, and is still active today.

[2] The building is also noted for some prominent donors who funded its construction, notably Daniel B. Wesson (of Smith & Wesson fame), Charles and George Merriam (of Merriam-Webster fame), and Daniel Harris, who owned and capitalized on the Howe truss patent for bridge design.

The apse has nine windows with Gothic arches shaped of alternating light and dark stone.

The tower is richly decorated with arched windows and yellow Ohio sandstone banding.

[3] The interior was designed, uniquely for the time, to provide unobstructed views of the pulpit area from pews located in the transepts of the building.