The first building on our site was a one-room schoolhouse, which Norman Rockwell visited to paint "Old Country School". Several of our members actually stood as models for this painting - though they aren't children anymore! Click on the picture below to see the painting.

In November 1946, Rev. Richard Flynn at the Carrollton Presbyterian Church organized a Sunday School program at the school. Two years later, Mr. John Martin donated five acres of land, and on May 21, 1949, construction began on Oak Mountain Chapel. It was considered a mission chapel, a whole three miles from downtown Carrollton.

Constructing the chapel required architectural plans. The church held a contest among Georgia Tech students, and the plans of Mr. Robert Browerd were accepted. Like the plans, construction was done with volunteer labor from the community and from members of the Society of Friends (Quakers), and with donated materials and funds. When finished, the chapel had a major technological advance - indoor plumbing! - which the students used. In time, the schoolhouse was no longer used, but the chapel continued with Sunday School and worship services.

On February 6, 1983, the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta constituted Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church as a self-governing congregation, electing five elders. The congregation called Rev. Robert G. Barron as a part-time minister. Between then and May 2003, the congregation was served by part-time ministers and seminary students.