Built in 1872, the Zion Episcopal Church is Late Gothic Revival style designed by Emlen Trenchard Littell. Built of Medina sandstone with limestone trim and a roof constructed of polychrome slate shingles.

Emlen T. Littell (1838-1891) was an American architect known for designing Gothic Revival style churches. Littell grew up in Philadelphia and attended the University of Pennsylvania. Following graduation in 1859, he moved to New York City where he partnered with another architect to establish an architectural practice – Congdon and Littell. Their designs included churches, church furniture, cottages, parsonages, monuments, schools, stained glass, and country houses. By 1861, Littell established an independent practice, though he did have interns and other short-lived partnerships over time.

Littell’s specialty was Gothic design. At a Church Conference in New York City in 1877, Littell said, "The building should declare its nature at first sight, not only showing that it is intended for a place of worship, it should distinctly impress upon the minds of beholders that it is a church, belonging to the lineage of the Anglican Church, and could by no possibility have been designed for any other use. …And it should be a landmark, so set and built that even in the midst of a crowded city it cannot be passed by unwittingly. In the city or undulating country, the lofty spires should mark its location, breaking the skyline with their sharp, cross-surmounted peaks." [Wikipedia]

St. John’s Episcopal Church in Canandaigua (1872) was also designed by Littell.