Both the church and the 1949 manse exhibit the skills of area craftsmen who used locally collected basaltic rubble stone in the randomly coursed walls, as well as the 1987 church addition.  The church is the work of architect Lawrence Valk.  Known to have designed numerous churches and other buildings throughout the country, much of his documented work is found east of the Mississippi.  After moving to California in the 1890s, buildings designed by Valk and his son displayed Craftsman influences.  This is Valk’s only known Colorado commission.