Founded circa 1850, Collins Springs Primitive Baptist Church was destroyed in 1864 by the Federal Army and rebuilt after the Civil War. The church, cemetery, and nearby spring bear the name of James A. Collins, an Atlanta pioneer, merchant, and local landowner. A promise he made before his death in 1862 was fulfilled in 1870 when Collins' daughter transferred title to two acres of surrounding land to the church. The building began as a one-room weatherboard structure supported by stacked stone pillars and hand-hewn beams, and it was later modernized with plumbing in the 1950s and a vestibule and brick veneer in the 1960s. In its heyday, dozens of members attended services here across multiple generations, but increased commercial development in the area and declining membership led the congregation to disband in 2001.