On September 2, 1917, the Nicholas Church was consecrated in Kungur. It was built on the site of the stone John the Baptist Church, which served as a cemetery until 1834. The construction of the new church began after the death of merchant of the first guild and state councilor Alexei Semyonovich Gubkin.

A.S. Gubkin, an honorary citizen of Kungur, passed away in Moscow, and by his will, his body was transported to Kungur for burial at the old John the Baptist cemetery. His grandson, Alexander Grigoryevich Kuznetsov, who lived abroad, decided, upon the advice of local priest Mikhail Ivanovich Kholmogorov, to build a new church at his grandfather's burial site. The project was entrusted to Perm architect A.B. Turchevich.

In 1894, the Kungur City Duma allocated land for the creation of a park near the future church. On April 27 of the same year, the old church was dismantled, and on May 22, the new one was laid. The construction committee was headed by M.I. Kholmogorov, under whom the main works were completed, and the church was adorned with gilded domes. The interiors and iconostases were commissioned from Professor Nikolai Nikolayevich Kharlamov of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, who used flowers from the Kungur region in his sketches.

On November 9 and 16, 1903, the side chapels of the new John the Baptist Church were consecrated, and the main temple was consecrated on August 20, 1917. By 1910, heaters were installed in the church.

The church was associated with a chapel in honor of the Mother of God "Life-Giving Spring" and martyr Christopher, built in 1886.

The Nicholas Church was closed on January 9, 1931, and for a long time was used as a production facility. In 1990, the building was returned to the faithful, and restoration began. On May 12, 1996, the church was visited by Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, and in the autumn of 1997, the restoration of the bell tower was completed.

The church has a traditional composition with a bell tower, refectory with a chapel, and a five-domed main building with an apse. The square with a two-tiered apse stands out for its monumentality. The facades are decorated with patterned brick and local stone decor, while the silhouette of the church is enlivened by the verticals of the three-tiered bell tower, the tented top, and the domes of the chapels.