The church was organized in 1859, but the construction of the first church building was interrupted by the Civil War, and the present day building was not completed until 1892. Terra cotta decorations adorn the red brick exterior. The original chandeliers and the carillon chimes, which were installed in 1897 and used in the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, still adorn the interior. The church survived a fire in 1916 that devastated a large portion of East Nashville and also survived a tornado in 1933 that destroyed other buildings in the area. The building suffered severe damage in the 1998 tornado, but has since been restored.

Source:

Mayme Hart Johnson, A Treasury of Tennessee Churches (Brentwood: J M Productions, Inc., 1986), p. 93.