History and architecture
This early church, like the Church of Sea and Land and St. Augustine's Chapel, belongs to the Georgian-Gothic architectural tradition. This is a church, built in Federal times which follows the Georgian rectangular plan with a front tower set forward, thus penetrating the front gable and dividing it into two separate parts. The handsome Gothic windows were an unusual feature when the church was built. A fire gutted the original church so that the interior has been remodeled completely, and a new bell tower has been added. This church which was built by the English Lutherans has been occupied successively by Episcopal and Catholic congregations.
The church is one of several built of field stones which have been trimmed by stone frames at the door and window openings. Its importance lies in the fact that it represented a type of church which was very popular at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century of which but few examples remain today.
Sources and further reading
This history comes from the Landmarks app’s historical catalog. Names and building uses may reflect the period described.