When the work was completed late in 1943, the four chaplains (two Protestant, one Roman Catholic and one Jewish Rabbi) consecrated the chapel as a place of divine worship where non-denominational services could be held.

[1][3] After the United States troops left in February 1944 there was a gradual deterioration in the building until Henry Beak, whose grazing property adjoined the chapel, began to take care of it in July 1947.

[1][2][3] In 1958, Master Sergeant Jack Bauman, U.S. Army, returned to Rockhampton and attempted to raise funds for the restoration of the chapel.

The committee established an annual service held on the Sunday closest to 4 July, American Independence Day.

[1][3] During the time the committee looked after the chapel the memorial fence was erected with each donor's name engraved on a stainless steel panel.

The low stone wall has a central opening at the front, and returns either side of concrete steps which provide access to the chapel from the entrance path.

The altar has a central rose window consisting of coloured glass in a fretwork frame, below which is a large shelf surmounting a marble cross set in the stone wall.

Timber planks displaying American servicemen's athletic records have been attached to the upper section of both sides of the chapel.

This structure has a concrete and random rubble stone base, and is constructed of undressed timber posts and rafters, with sawn cross members, supporting a pitched ribbed metal roof.

St Christopher's Chapel, erected in 1943, reflects the presence of American troops in Queensland during the Second World War.

The area surrounding Rockhampton had sustained around 70 000 US soldiers who were fighting in the Pacific, and this non-denominational chapel was constructed to service the religious needs of those troops.

It has special association with the American troops who used the chapel as a place of worship whilst resting or convalescing in Rockhampton.

[1] The chapel has special association for the people of the surrounding communities as a local landmark and a place for worship and ceremony.