The Protestant Church in Helenaveen is a simple hall-shaped church building that shows elements of the Waterstaat style in its architecture. The building dates from 1867 and has survived the years virtually unchanged. In 1883, a large memorial stone was built into the front facade, on the occasion of the death of the preacher Swalue.
The church is part of a complex; until 1976 the monastery complex of the Oblate Fathers, from 1976 the Penitentiary Institution "Ter Peel". The church is situated in a park-like (monastery) garden, vegetable garden and (formerly) orchards, according to the design of landscape architects Van Loo from Terwinselen (1947). Only the entrance to the church has remained outside the fences of the penitentiary institution.
In 1918 an emergency church was established, and a permanent church could only be built after the Second World War . It was consecrated in 1954 and the architect was A. Schwenke .
Hall church on an almost rectangular plan, consisting of a partly exposed concrete skeleton, filled with brick. A detached, openwork bell tower and semi-detached baptismal chapel to the side. Front facade with simple narthex. The central nave is covered by a curved concrete shell roof. As a whole, the church is an important example of renewal, also a fairly exceptional early example of modernism in Roman Catholic church architecture from the 1950s. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.
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