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The First Congregational Church occupies a prominent position on the southwest corner at the intersection of West Works and North Brooks streets, one block west of Main Street and one block north of the Sheridan County Courthouse, in downtown Sheridan. The site is a transition between the commercial downtown district and the residential neighborhoods to the west. Two other churches built around the same time, the First United Methodist Church and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, are within one block of the church. The site, which is raised up above the sidewalk level, is landscaped with grass lawn and a few trees and shrubs. The red-brick church building is an excellent example of the Gothic Revival style, adapted to meet the practical needs of the congregation and the community. Gothic Revival features such as an imposing crenellated corner tower, peaked roofs, buttressed brick walls and numerous pointed-arch stained-glass windows of various sizes are combined with a square floor plan and asymmetrical massing that reflect the building’s auditorium-style sanctuary and functional interior spaces. The east and north elevations, which share the corner tower, are almost identical, giving the building a cohesive corner facade.