Louvale is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Stewart County, Georgia, United States. The community is located along
U.S. Route 27
U.S. Route 27 or U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway in the Southern and Midwestern U.S. The southern terminus is at US 1 in Miami, Florida. The northern terminus is at Interstate 69 (I ...
, north of
Lumpkin. Louvale has a post office with
ZIP code 31814.
History
Originally named "Antioch", the town developing at the terminus of the
Savannah
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach th ...
,
Americus, and
Montgomery (Little SAM) Railroad was renamed "Louvale" in 1886.
The
Georgia General Assembly
The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directl ...
incorporated Louvale as a town in 1893.
Located in the heart of Louvale, the Louvale Church Row District is a collection of historic buildings ranging in age from the 1850s through the early 1900s. Louvale Church Row was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on April 11, 1986.
Antioch Institute
The Antioch Institute, built in the 1850s, the school was operated by the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church until it was sold to
Stewart County in 1895. The building is believed to have been used for church services until the church building immediately next door to the school was erected for that purpose in 1885. The county operated the Louvale High School there until 1928 when the upper grades were transferred to
Lumpkin. The elementary school remained in the building until 1942. The school is now used as the Louvale Community House which serves as the home for the Sybil and John B. Richardson School of
Sacred Harp Singing.
Gallery
2012-04-24 Louvale, GA - Louvale Church Row - Antioch Primitive Baptist Church.jpg, The Antioch Primitive Baptist Church was originally founded in 1832 in Pleasant Valley and moved to Louvale in 1851. Present church was erected in 1885 to replace the original log structure.
2012-04-24 Louvale, GA - Louvale Church Row - Marvin Methodist Church.jpg, Marvin Methodist Church, founded 1830 in the nearby Green Hill community. Present building was erected in 1900.
2012-04-24 Louvale, GA - Louvale Church Row - New Hope Baptist Church.jpg, The New Hope Baptist Church was originally constituted in 1860 and moved to present building in 1901.
2012-04-24 Stewart County; Louvale, GA - Louvale Church Row - Antioch Institute.jpg, Antioch Institute
References
Unincorporated communities in Stewart County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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