[4] The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in November 2019[1][5] but severely damaged by a five-alarm fire on May 28, 2020.

The lot was purchased in 1871 and a brick building was erected as a mission Sunday school of the now defunct First Presbyterian Church.

[11] The congregation peaked in the middle of the 20th century but began to decline as Chester experienced economic and demographic shifts in the 1970s and 1980s.

[14] There were no injuries or fatalities reported and The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was called to investigate the fire.

Due to its vacancy and lack of electricity hookup, members of the Chester Historic Preservation Committee considered it to be a suspicious fire.