Shortly after the parish was formally organized in 1845, land was purchased and money raised to build a church. On July 20, 1846, ground was broken for the church building, and the cornerstone was laid on September 6 by Bishop Alonzo Potter. The building, in what was called “the English Style”, was designed by John E. Carver, a Philadelphia architect. The first services in the church were held on April 23, 1848. Two years later, the debt on the building having been paid, the building was consecrated on May 30, 1850.

The new church was a simple rectangle, 37 feet across the front and 60 feet deep. Heat was provided by four stoves, one in each corner. The chancel was a simple platform that was separated from the nave by a railing in front and wooden screens on either side. The area behind one of the screens was used as a robing room. Furnishings were simple and included a pulpit, a communion table, a reading desk, baptismal font, and pine pews. The organ was apparently the first one used in any church in Doylestown.

A bell was purchased in 1859. It hung in a wooden derrick, against one of the outside walls of the church until 1870. A square recessed chancel was build in 1870 and enlarged to its present size in an 1896 remodeling.

Shortly after Saint Paul’s celebrated its centennial, the parish embarked on a major expansion with the addition of a new building to house a new entry, a parish hall, kitchen, and classrooms. A neighboring house was torn down to accommodate the new building.

A major renovation of the church building took place in 1989-1990 when the entire building was gutted and rebuilt. Some of the most noticeable changes included:
exterior buttresses added for structural support
a new choir loft at the back of the nave
the new chapel in the lower level below the chancel, now home to the Apostles’ Altar
lower level space for offices and music and choir rooms
At the end of the renovation, and as part of our sesquicentennial celebration, a new pipe organ was installed and a small columbarium garden established between the church and parish hall.

Most recently, in 2002, the parish hall was remodeled to provide additional flexible classroom/meeting space, a conveniently located library, and an elevated performance platform, complete with theatrical lighting and sound systems. The large kitchen at the back of the building was gutted and rebuilt with new cabinets and appliances.