Its design consists of paired square columns supporting the roof, which is pitched steeply and topped with a cross.

The apse may be found in the east of the church; it is rectangular and lighted by three pointed windows, the center one larger than its fellows.

The church design has been called "evidence of rural Virginia's architectural conservatism", as such churches were more likely to have been built earlier in northern states; it also reflects the influence of architect Richard Upjohn and his 1852 book Rural Architecture on many ecclesiastical architects.

It was later disestablished, and its fortunes declined; by 1857 Bishop William Meade could note that there was no active church or parish in the entire county.

Renewed interest after the American Civil War led to the purchase of land in 1874 for the purpose of erecting a new church.

Materials were shipped down the Chesapeake Bay from Baltimore to build the structure, and it was completed and consecrated in 1881.

[8] They sued for control of the church building and its related properties, including the parish hall, the cemetery, and a house next door;[9] the suit was resolved in their favor in 2012, and an Episcopal congregation once again occupies the building, having returned on Palm Sunday of that year.