The church building and parish hall have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985.

Henry Washington Lee, the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa, led the first services in Durant in the Rock Island Railroad depot in 1856.

It was located on the north side of town and was dedicated by Bishop Lee in October 1856.

On May 28 the original church was sold and the present building was purchased from the Congregationalists, who had built it in 1856.

Dutton re-joined St. Paul's at that point and remained until around 1916 when he established a private interdenominational Sunday school in town.

In June 1944 the clergy and lay leaders from Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Davenport restarted services.

In 1981, the pipe organ from Trinity Cathedral was rebuilt and moved to Saint Paul's.

Both the church and the parish hall are rectangular wood-frame structures built on concrete block foundations that have been simulated to appear as rusticated stone.

[3] The church's central tower is square in shape and it has a large diamond window centered on the front.

[3] Elaborate shingling is found in the gable end, below the lancet windows on the main facade, and on the tower.

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