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Photograph of Old Market
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Old Market

Built in 1798. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Old Market is a historic open-air structure in the middle of Louisville, Georgia. It was built around 1795 during the period when this town was the capital of Georgia.”

Wikipedia article Old Market (Louisville, Georgia), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1798.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. U.S. 1 and GA 24, Louisville, 30434
  • When was it listed? February 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Louisville
  • When was it built? 1798
  • National Register reference number. 78000991 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Old Market between 1992 and 2020, burning about 640 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use26
Natural23
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2013Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-JEFFERSON-003
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-029
25 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-JEFFERSON-012
23 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use17 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louisville, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLouisville$30,000The News and Farmer-Jefferson Reporter of Louisville reported that thunderstorm winds, associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill, caused considerable damage to a home west of Louisville on Grange Road. A portion of the roof over the garage collapsed. The house also sustained other minor damage. A number of trees were blown down or split in half across the street and even up to one-third of a mile away. Several residents in the area reported seeing a tornado that was approximately 10 to 15 feet wide and traveled about 60 to 75 feet above the ground. One resident about four miles west of Louisville reported seeing two tornadoes.
August 2003LightningLouisville$25,000The Jefferson county 911 center reported that lightning struck a house and set it on fire. Damage estimates were inconclusive.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLouisville$10,000EM reported multiple trees down around the city of Louisville.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLouisville$10,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down throughout the city of Louisville.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLouisville$5,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the northwest and west central part of the county, north through west of Louisville.
December 2005HailLouisville$5,000The Columbia, SC Weather Forecast Office relayed a report from a storm spotter of golf ball-sized hail.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLouisville$4,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that many trees were down from Louisville southward toward Bartow. More than 10 trees were down in the Louisville area alone.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindLouisville$3,000The Jefferson county 911 center reported that power lines were down.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLouisville$2,000The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported a couple of trees blown down in Louisville.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLouisville$2,000The Jefferson county 911 center reported that some trees were down.
January 2001Thunderstorm WindLouisville$2,000The Jefferson county 911 center reported that trees were blown down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLouisville$2,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and tree limbs along Georgia Highway 17.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000Tree downed on a house along Foley St in Louisville.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000Tree down in yard along the 1900 block of Hwy 24.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in Louisville.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that a couple of power lines were blown down.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000Louisville 911 reported 3 trees down on highway 296 north of Louisville. Widespread power outages were also reported.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLouisville$750The Jefferson County 911 Center relayed a report of three trees down in Louisville.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLouisville$500The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that three trees were blown down on the southeast side of Louisville. One tree fell on power lines along Moore Street, and two additional trees fell along U.S. Highway 1.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLouisville$500The Jefferson County 911 Center reported a couple of downed trees along Old U.S. Highway 1 in Louisville.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindLouisville-Powerlines reported down along US-1 near the intersection of Wilcher Rd.
May 2021HailLouisville-The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported hail the size quarters in Louisville.
May 2014HailLouisville-The Jefferson County 911 Center reported quarter sized hail in Louisville.
June 2010HailLouisville-The Jefferson County 911 Center relayed reports of quarter-sized hail northwest to west northwest of Louisville in northwest and west central Jefferson county.
July 2008HailLouisville-The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that penny-sized hail fell in the northwest part of the county, south of Avera. Radar data supported that large hail likely fell over a larger area than reported.
May 2006HailLouisville-The public reported penny-sized hail.
May 2006HailLouisville-The Jefferson County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail.
April 2005HailLouisville-The Jefferson County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail.
July 2003Funnel CloudLouisville-The News and Farmer-Jefferson Reporter of Louisville reported that several residents saw at least two separate funnel clouds, almost touching the ground, in the area. The reports originated from U.S. Highway 221, about 4 miles southwest of Louisville. Damage to trees and property was reported in the area.
March 2003HailLouisville-The Jefferson county 911 center and the public both reported penny size hail.
May 2003HailLouisville-The public reported nickel to quarter-sized hail halfway between Louisville and Wrens.
May 2003HailLouisville-The Jefferson county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
May 2002HailLouisville-The Jefferson county 911 center reported dime to quarter size hail.
April 1999HailLouisville-The public reported hail a little larger than golf ball size, strong winds, and power out in Louisville.
April 1998HailLouisville-Jefferson county 911 reported quarter size hail between Louisville and Wrens.
April 1998HailLouisville-no account filed
April 1996HailLouisville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Louisville Commercial Historic District0.2 miles1994
Jefferson County Courthouse0.3 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000991 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson CountyAll 5 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.