Built in 1851, it is a fine local example of Greek Revival architecture with added Queen Anne Victorian features, and one of the oldest surviving buildings in a once-thriving mill village.

The building corners have pilasters, which rise to an encircling entablature and a fully pedimented gable on the front facade.

The front facade is unadorned except for the centered main entrance, which is in a slight recess flanked by pilasters and topped by a corniced entablature.

[2] The church was built in 1851 for a congregation established in 1797, which met in a variety of spaces prior to the construction of this building.

Most of New Haven Mills' industrial and commercial buildings were destroyed by fires and flooding in the early 20th century, leaving the church as one of its most prominent surviving landmarks.