National and State Register

St. Mark United Presbyterian Church

Elbert County

St. Mark United Presbyterian Church, a one-and-one-half-story clapboard structure on a wooden foundation, has a high gabled roof and brick chimney.  It was built in 1889 by prospective members under the direction of a local carpenter, Taylor Green.

Elbert Presbyterian Church

Elbert Presbyterian Church

A tower, topped with a spire and four-sided cupola, houses the narthex in its base.  The first Protestant church to be organized and constructed in Elbert County, the building represents the architecture common in the eastern plains churches of that era.  It provided shelter for worship and social gatherings as well as serving as a relief station during area floods of 1935.

For information about the State Historical Fund’s participation in the preservation of this property see the Project Snapshot.