On August the 29th 1895 the protestant church of Schagen was destroyed by fire. It had been a three-aisled pseudo-basilica in Gothic style, completed in ca. 1460. Soon plans were made for a new church. A month after the fire architect J.A.G. van der Steur (1865-1945) was commissioned to design a new church. It's unknown why this architect, who until 1894 was employed by his father's office, was chosen. It would be his first major work as a self-employed architect and one of only a handful churches he designed. In December the church council made their choice out of the six designs the architect had made. In February the next year seperate tenders for construction of the church and the tower were advertised. Interestingly, while the tender for building the actual church was only open for protestant builders, the one for the tower, which would be paid for and owned by the Schagen municipality, was advertised in at least one catholic newspaper as well.

Unusual for that time is that was chosen for a neo-Gothic design. Neo-Gothic had been the ultimate catholic style ever since the catholic hierarchy had been reinstalled in 1853, and elsewhere in the town in 1881-1883 a big catholic church in that style had been built. Van der Steur's church however is however in a very different neo-Gothic style, and many details show that the architect was more familiar with neo-Renaissance architecture, the most important style for protestant churches in the second half of the 19th century.

It's an aisleless church with a tall nave. The tower is standing at the east-side of the church, unlike its precessor which was oriented. The spire is in neo-Renaissance style and was inspired by the spire that was added to the old church in 1619. On each side of the one-aisled nave is a porch with two entrances and a polygonal chapel. At the west-end of the church is a choir-like space, flanked by two polygonal turrets.