The church has received Welcoming Congregation status from the Unitarian Universalist Association as well as Green Sanctuary certification.

Hollinshead and Keith, co-pastors of the church for most of this period, each preached one sermon in both houses each Sunday, alternating morning and afternoon services.

She was inspired by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts, to create the churchyard next to the church in the 1830s with beautiful plants and objects; a place to be used by the living.

The fan-vaulted ceiling, nave, and chancel closely resembled their English prototypes; the stained glass windows were considered among the finest in the country.

The large Chancel window was manufactured by the Henry E. Sharp glass works of Brooklyn, New York in 1854.

The main window, created from painted glass, depicts both the old and new testaments, with Moses and Aaron flanking the Ark of the Covenant in the lower portion and the four Gospel writers arranged above them.

The interior of the building was furnished with pews, pulpit, lectern, and communion rail, all carved from or capped with walnut.

During the 18-month Federal bombardment of Charleston that began in August 1863, the church was within range of the Union batteries but again remained unscathed.

Because many members had lost their fortunes and/or did not return to Charleston, pew rentals plummeted and the church fell on difficult times, going through seven ministers in the next ten years.

The Cyclone of 1885 hurricane in 1885, with winds of 125 mph, bore down on Charleston, creating havoc and blowing out all of the windows in the Nave of the church .

These windows are solid stained glass and were manufactured by Redding, Baird & Company of Boston, Mass.

These trees were replaced with a lower growing canopy of dogwood, halesia (silverbell), crepe myrtle, and Japanese maple.

Today, the 1.3 acre campus includes the church, a lovely churchyard, Gage Hall, and a Religious Education Annex.

It remains today a fine example of fan-vaulting and, with its lovely painted and stained-glass windows, is a pleasant place to sit in quiet contemplation.

The churchyard is an oasis of greenery in the middle of Charleston, accessed via an inviting walkway from King Street or through gates on Archdale.

Camellias and roses grace the area around the sundial adjacent to a monument honoring Samuel and Caroline Gillman.

The heavy duty range in the kitchen was bought for the church when it hosted one of the first Head Start programs in Charleston.

Today, coffeehouse concerts are held regularly to fund field trips for inner city school children.

The Religious Education Annex, located behind Gage Hall, was constructed in 1997-98 as a classroom building with an apartment above for the church sexton.