A late-nineteenth-century map of the Eutaw Village shows The Parish House as the summer home of Dr. Thomas William Porcher of Walworth Plantation. Some believe that this house was moved from Pineville when that village was abandoned in the early 1830s because of epidemics of fever. Other opinions are that it is unlikely, for several reasons. First, the abundance of timber would make it unlikely that it was feasible to move a house of that size. Secondly, it would have been quite difficult and expensive to transport the house from Pineville to Eutawville, a distance of approximately twenty miles.

Basically, this house is typical of other summer homes, with a wide south-facing front porch, two stories and a central stairway. Because the main road was moved, the house is usually entered from the back door which now faces Porcher Avenue.

No records are available, but at some point, this became Gaillard property. In 1935, The Church of the Epiphany acquired the house from Peter C. Gaillard of Belmont Plantation and J. Palmer Gaillard of Charleston. Since then, the building has been used for church activities. Members of the congregation and their guests have enjoyed many dinners and social affairs held there. Prior to World War II, the congregation had its annual Christmas dinner there with dancing afterwards for the young people and their friends and card games for the older folks.

In the late 1930s when the Eutawville public school burned, the Parish House was used to house the student body until a new school was completed. After that, it was used for Sunday School, as a meeting place for various church groups, and for Vacation Bible School.

During the years since the church acquired the house, some changes have been made. The beautiful old pecky cypress paneling in the downstairs rooms was donated by Joe Simons of Pond Bluff Plantation and was put up by the men of the church. Cabinets were added in the kitchen, and bathrooms were added.

The women of the church took the improvement of the inside of this building as one of their projects and accomplished the refinishing of the floors downstairs. They also bought curtains for the entire building, refinished many pieces of furniture and supplied The Parish House with needed items. In 1984, the church completed restoration of the upstairs rooms to provide a guest apartment, two storage rooms and a work room.

The Parish House was regularly used by Epiphany for parish dinners, meetings, monthly Ultreyas and a variety of parish and community activities until 2000, when the new Ministry Center was dedicated. Since that time, it has provided an attractive venue for The Parish House Tea Room and Gift Shop. The most recent change has been the addition of insulation and the installation of central heating/air conditioning. Because of the popularity of the Tea Room and numerous catered events, The Parish House has truly become a modern landmark in Eutawville.