The Reformed Church of Bronxville was organized in 1850. The first church building was constructed on land donated by The Rev. Robert Bolton, an Episcopalian clergyman.

The original church was a modest wood-frame building in the fashion of New England Churches.

In 1906, a pipe organ was installed, beginning the church's rich tradition of music.

In May, 1918, Consistory retained architect Harry Leslie Walker to draw up plans for the enlargement of the church and Sunday school. Walker was a member of the church who had briefly studied with Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago.

The sudden death of Rev. Barnes in February, 1919, eclipsed these plans, and in 1923, the congregation asked for and received six anonymous architectural bids for a new church.
 
Walker resubmitted his plans, and his successful 1925 proposal for a "simple picturesque Gothic style" church won wide support.

Walker was inspired by many English church structures that he studied on his travels. The architecture utilizes designs based upon various Norman churches that were eventually transformed in the Gothic age with enlarged windows, and adds Walker's Gothic surface tracery around the entrance to develop a distinctly American style.

The stained glass windows were designed by the preeminent stained glass artist Charles J. Connick. Like the architecture, the style of the stained glass reflects a modern interpretation of Gothic painting.

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The church was expanded in 1955 to accommodate the Nursery School (founded in 1951) as well as an extension to the Chancel (to accommodate a larger organ), a chapel, an ushers room adjacent to the Narthex, a new social hall building, a glass enclosure for the cloister, and a parking area.

From the beginning, The Reformed Church has been a church for the community. Though our congregation is made up of persons from many denominations, we are members of The Reformed Church in America. Our history can be traced to the Netherlands in the 17th century, to Germany and Switzerland during the Protestant Reformation, and beyond to the church of Jesus Christ in its earliest days.