Built in 1833 as a Unitarian Church, this was the first public building in Ipswich constructed in the Greek Revival style, but by 1843 the church had failed to establish itself within the town's Puritan heritage, and the town bought the building for use as Town Hall and a public gathering place. By 1866 it had become inadequate for that purpose, and in 1876 Town Meeting voted to move the building 20 feet forward, raise it so a new first story could be built underneath, and add a large rear extension, creating a renovated building that housed the Town Hall, the District Court, and an auditorium. The interior was remodeled several times afterward and the courtroom updated. In the early 2000s, the Town Hall moved to Green Street and the District Court relocated to Newburyport, leaving the building unoccupied until 2017, when it was remodeled and converted into residences and an office. Its original Greek Revival design featured a triangular pediment supported by four boxed columns in imitation of a Greek temple, a bell tower above the pediment, and a door inset into the façade and flanked by two Doric columns. After the building was raised in 1876, the door and Doric columns were replaced with two tall windows matching the 1833 side windows, the columns were continued to ground level, and a classical-style door was set into the first story. A portico added in 1906 was removed in the 1950s. The building now appears much as it did after the 1876 renovation, though without the bell tower. The basic form of the original church remains visible in the front portion of the second story, and the 2017 residential adaptation retained the historic style of the 1876 building, with added windows made to match the historic ones.