Built in 1901, St. Paul's Episcopal Church was the first building constructed in Vernal by the Episcopal Church and the second built in the Uintah Basin, after the Indian Mission church at Randlett. Designed by Salt Lake City architect John P. Hill, it is a good example of the Gothic Revival style. St. Paul's Lodge was constructed in 1909 as a home for girls who came to Vernal to work or attend school. It also served as the center of the Episcopal Church's auxiliary activities in the community and, from the late 1920s until 1947, as the major hospital in the Uintah Basin. During the past forty years, it has continued in use as the center of church and community activities.