{"nrhp_refnum":"08000967","name":"Upper Lott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Metter-Portal Hwy. and Westside Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Metter","county":"Bulloch County","state":"GA","lat":32.49010586600005,"lon":-81.97324152653809,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural Primitive Baptist church, cemetery and creek baptismal site near Metter and Portal in Bulloch County, Georgia. The wood-framed church was built in 1881, and a concrete-block annex was added in 1959.","why_significant":"The church is a good local example of a late-19th-century rural church with Greek Revival elements, and the cemetery is a good example of an early 20th-century gridiron cemetery landscape. It is also significant at the state level in religion, because it is tied to one of the oldest Primitive Baptist congregations in Georgia, formed in 1832.","narrative":"Upper Lott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery lies near Portal in Bulloch County, southeast Georgia. The property includes a one-story, wood-framed church built in 1881, a cemetery with 328 marked graves, and a creek where members were baptized until the mid-20th century. The church has Greek Revival elements: a pedimented front gable, rounded portico columns, corner pilasters and a frieze board. Alterations in 1945 replaced the original two entry doors with a central double door and reorganized the pews around a center aisle, reflecting the end of separate seating for men and women. A concrete-block annex was added in 1959. The cemetery follows a gridiron plan, with first recorded burials in 1902 and some unmarked graves possibly older. The congregation formed in 1832 under Absalom Parrish and is described as one of the oldest Primitive Baptist congregations in Georgia. The property was recognized for its architecture, cemetery landscape and religious history, and it remains in active use.","period_of_significance":"1881-1959","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Both the church and the cemetery are still in use; baptisms now take place inside the sanctuary rather than in the creek.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.186206-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08000967.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000967/11755570b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000967/11755570b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upper_Lott%27s_Creek_Primitive_Baptist_Church,_Bulloch_County,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upper_Lott%27s_Creek_Primitive_Baptist_Church,_Bulloch_County,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207169","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Lott%27s_Creek_Primitive_Baptist_Church_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29092814"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bulloch-county/upper-lotts-creek-primitive-baptist-church-and-cemetery-08000967/"}