The Corporation of the City of Cornwall on May 9, 2005 endorsed By-law 061-2005 designating in its entirety the property known municipally as 130 Sydney Street and was commonly and formerly referred to as Sue's Art Gallery (former Baptist Church and Union Hall) and encompassing lands as of cultural (including architectural and/or historic) heritage value or interest under Part IV of the Act.

Resting on a rough masonry foundation, this modest brick building was constructed in the Gothic style which was popular in nineteenth century Ontario. The building still exhibits many of the features that were typical of this approach to church design in the late nineteenth century, including the steeply pitched roof, the narrow pointed windows along both sides of the building. The use of multi-coloured brick to accentuate the pointed arches over the door and window openings were also typical features of the vernacular Gothic style. The specific Designated Elements of the former Baptist Church are:

The exterior form and massing of this 19th century Baptist Church; the brick exterior with its chromatic treatment, along with; flanking entrances on the north and south side of the front facade facing Sydney Street;the stain glass windows on the north, east and south facades; decorative interior roof rafters, pendants and scroll work; and original wood panelling on the interior wall.

Although the presence of Baptists in the Cornwall area may date to the early years of the settlement, the first organized meetings took place in 1874 when travelling evangelist Peter Grant met informally with adherents to the Baptist denomination. Regular missionary visits kept the faith alive until the fall of 1880 when a group of members decided to form a "Mission Circle" and meet the first Sunday of every month. Initially, the services were held in private homes, but as the congregation expanded, the need for a more permanent arrangement became apparent. In June 1882, some half dozen families joined together to form a regular Baptist Church, the Reverend P.H. McEwan accepting the call to be their pastor. Services were first held in the Kirkpatrick Building on Pitt Street, but when this structure burned in 1884, the congregation temporarily shifted to the Ross Building. Desirous of having their own building, the Trustees of the Regular Baptist Church purchased part of Lot 13 on the south side of Second Street and arranged for the construction of a modest building for worship and church functions. By July 1884, the church was ready for Sunday service, although there was still some work to be finished on the exterior. The Freeholder reported that the church was "in the Gothic Style" adding:

The ceiling is of ash, and is of the natural colour of the wood, the beams, rafters and braces are all exposed and are to be ofthe colour of cherry wood. The only ornamentation are a fewpendants and some scroll work judiciously disposed and all of chaste and graceful design. The seats are of polished ash and are to occupy the body of the building, the aisles being on each side.

Due to the growth of the congregation in the post World War I period, the trustees added an assembly hall and classrooms. Membership in the Baptist Church continued to expand and by the 1950's the congregation voted to purchase property at Third and York and build a new church. In January 1961, the property on Sydney Street was sold to the Courtauld's Viscose Workers - Association who later transferred the building to the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Plans to make the House of Labour as it became known, a centre for the labour movement in Cornwall ended in November 1995, when the property was sold to a private owner.