Built in 1857, the church was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2012, in recognition for the unique interior decorations executed in 1880–81 by John La Farge.

Nathaniel Clap, a Harvard College graduate who ministered to the Newport congregation until his death in 1745.

The congregation was active during the American Revolution and both churches' meeting houses were used as barracks and hospitals by the British and French troops in Newport.

[3] The current building is a Romanesque Revival structure, designed by Joseph C. Wells of New York City and completed in 1857.

It is a basically rectangular building, built out of Connecticut brownstone, with two ornately decorated towers.