Originally constructed in 1949, the chapel was dismantled in 2024 and carefully stored due to extreme earth movement that made the site no longer suitable.

[5] By April 2024, panes of glass in the chapel had broken, the foundation suffered significant damage, and walkways around the site were cracked and jagged.

[9] Wright departed from the tradition of using masonry in order to "achieve a delicate enclosure that allows the surrounding landscape to define the sacred space".

Clean Bandit's 2018 song "Baby" had its music video's wedding scene filmed at the chapel, and The Fox show, Lucifer.

Celebrities who were married at the church have included Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay (1958) as well as Brian Wilson and Melinda Ledbetter (1995).