Norman Litchfield, who wrote the history of both Episcopal churches in Oxford, reported that he could find no record of the design of the tower having ever been changed.
    It is surprising that such a change would not have been recorded somewhere, or that Wilcoxson did not comment upon the tower change in his centennial address, as he did mention the construction of the new church. As that speech was given only 28 years after the Barber drawing, it seems probable that, had such a change occurred during that time, it would have been noted in that speech.
    It may be that the sketch in question was not drawn from a viewing of the area, but that Barber relied, at least in part, upon the specifications for the building as listed in the original contract to aid him in the sketch. If this was the case, then it seems likely that the tower may never have been built to the original plans, and changed in design before construction.
    St. Peter's organized its first Sunday School in 1851, during the rectorate of the Rev. Charles J. Todd.
    The church has had two parsonages listed on its records. Prior to the purchase of the first rectory on Academy Road, clergymen apparently resided in rented homes. That house served as rectory from 1903 until 1935