Built in 1714, it is New England's oldest Episcopal church building on its original site.

The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts provided the church with its first rector.

During the American Revolutionary War in 1776 a mob of patriots raided the church and removed the British royal coat of arms from the building.

The building was renovated in 1833 with Gothic windows, new pews and with the altar, a pulpit and original reredos at the north end.

[4] In August 2014 a spire was added back to the bell tower as part of the church's 300th anniversary celebration.