St. Martin’s Episcopal Church was established as a missionary station in 1868, when the Episcopal community in Hamilton was formed as a mission out of Williamston primarily through the efforts of Mary Anne Boyle. The congregation first met in the Conoho Masonic Lodge after Boyle and her family came to Hamilton during the Civil War and eventually established a saw and shingle mill; she also owned a hotel in the Waldo-Darden House. The property for the church was given by Col. Henry B. Short in 1879, and the present structure was built in either 1879 or 1880, with all materials produced locally except for the bell and stained glass imported from England. The frame Victorian Gothic design was contributed by P.C. Hull of Norfolk and was probably modified by the carpenters, church members, and brothers David L. and James H. Martin. The contract for construction was drawn in the spring of 1881, and the building was consecrated on May 17, 1882. Although the congregation has been inactive since the 1960s, the building remains consecrated, its preservation is handled by the Historic Hamilton Commission, Inc., and it is still used for a special Christmas Mass.