An example of Modernist Ecclesiastical architecture, the interior of the church is adorned with two murals by noted New Orleans artist, John McCrady, and stained glass windows which were designed and executed by the Payne Studios of Patterson, N.J. Two pipe organs are in the church, a 1968 Moeller Organ, originally in the Chapel, and a 1920 Austin Organ, originally in the old church, which is currently being restored, and will (it is hoped) be played at the September 12th celebration.

Prior to the service a brief concert was played on the Tower Chimes. (Similar to a carillon, a set of chimes has fewer bells, 23 being the minimum for a carillon.) Grace Church has a 74 ft. high campanile-style bell tower with a set of 15 bells cast by the John Taylor Foundry in England, the world’s oldest bellfoundry, founded in 1408. Other Taylor bells in the U.S. are at Washington National Cathedral, St. Thomas in New York, and Sewanee. Grace Church has the largest set tower chimes in New Orleans and the only Taylor installation in Louisiana.

Grace Parish was founded in 1886 by Episcopalians in downtown New Orleans after Christ Church (now the Cathedral) moved from Canal Street (Canal and Dauphine) to its uptown location. Grace Parish had two earlier church buildings one on North Rampart Street and one at 1501 Canal Street. In 1915, Grace Church founded a parochial mission in Mid City, named St. Matthias Mission. In the 1920s the property at 3700 Canal Street was purchased for St. Matthias and the mission congregation met in a large Victorian home at that location.