Parish officers were chosen ten days later, and the first meeting of the vestry in early February petitioned Bishop McIlvaine for a pastor.

[2]: 489  Before this time, they had occupied multiple other locations; their first meetings were held in the Methodist church building,[2]: 488  an old stone school-house that was later replaced with the city high school, and the courthouse.

[2]: 491  Further renovations were performed in 1872 and 1873; more than $8000 was spent to enlarge the building, replace the furnace and carpet, and reconstruct other elements of the interior.

[3] Among the parish's most prominent members have been Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, a general during the American Civil War, and Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States.

The interior features components such as an octagonal baptistry, a pipe organ,[3] frescoes,[2]: 491  and a chancel and recess that were expanded in 1873.