Built in 1836, it is a prominent early example of Gothic Revival architecture in the state, and is one of the oldest surviving public buildings in Royalton's historic village center.

A three-story square tower projects from the center of the front facade, topped by a flat roof with a broad bracketed cornice with a balustrade above.

The interior space, although now missing some of its religious trapping due to its deconsecration, retains a number distinctive 19th-century features, including stencilwork on the walls and cornice, an 1840s pipe organ, and kerosene light fixtures.

[2] The church was built in 1836, and was probably based on plans supplied by John Henry Hopkins, the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont and an early proponent of the Gothic Revival style.

Much of the building's stained glass dates to the 1880s and later, when the interior underwent some restyling to meet Victorian fashion trends.