The Pennsylvania guide, compiled by the Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration in 1940, described St. Thomas' Church as a "simple, dignified, red stone edifice in English Gothic style," noting thatA crenellated [sic] tower rises from the steep slate roof.
Three churches have occupied this site since the first log structure was built in 1698; the present one was begun in 1868.
During the Revolution the church was occupied first by American, then by Hessian, and finally by British troops.
It is said that tombstones in the adjoining graveyard were used by soldiers for cooking ranges and for target practice.
Some of the stones bear macabre inscriptions, one of which reads: 'Life is a cheat and always shows it.