The Neo-Gothic church was built between 1883 and 1884 on a design by architect Viktor Schröter.

The cost of building the church was 110,000 rubles, and most of the money was raised through donations.

The interior features a remarkable altarpiece dating from 1900, the work of Gustav Beermann; an altar painting titled Kutsuv Kristus (The Calling Christ) dating from 1897, the work of Johann Köler; the paintings Ketsemani aed (The Garden of Gethsemane) and Colgata (Calvary) for the wing decorations of the altar dating from 1925, the work of Arnold Vihvelin;[2] and an organ with 22 pipes made in 1891 by Wilhelm Müllverstedt.

Church membership also declined drastically by the 1980s due to the Soviet state's repression of Christianity, from 22,378 in 1912 to 483 in 1985.

Membership started to increase again during the late 1980 and early 1990s, in the last few years of the Soviet Union, however.