The street along the side of the church building is part of the Appalachian Trail.

The 1896 remodeling by architects Thomas J. Collins and Son was extensive in scope, completely changing the church into a stone-clad Victorian Gothic structure, resembling the architects' St. Francis Roman Catholic Church in Staunton, Virginia.

The majority of the Irish immigrants were Roman Catholics and attended mass at St.

[5] The rebuilt church is an elaborately detailed Victorian Gothic structure.

The tall spire stands at the edge of the cliff overlooking the Shenandoah River.