Upper Lott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery

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.