{"nrhp_refnum":"01001536","name":"Lone Oak Academy","other_names":["Prospect Academy","Lone Oak Community Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4945 Lone Oak Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lone Oak","county":"Meriwether County","state":"GA","lat":33.17219975800003,"lon":-84.81408543499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-01-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, wood-frame one-room schoolhouse at 4945 Lone Oak Road (Georgia State Route 54) in Lone Oak, Meriwether County, Georgia, built about 1870 as Prospect Academy and later known as Lone Oak Academy and the Lone Oak Community Building.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an intact, archetypical one-room schoolhouse, now extremely rare in Georgia and very old for its type. It also retains a 1930s roll-up stage curtain with a lake scene and 24 local advertisements. It served as the community's school for white students from about 1870 until 1944 and as a community center since 1951.","narrative":"Built around 1870 on an acre deeded for Prospect Academy, this one-story wood-frame building in Lone Oak, Meriwether County, served as the community's one-room school until 1944, when students were consolidated with the Luthersville school. It has wood lap siding, a side-facing gable roof, a brick foundation over older piers, and 6-over-6 windows. Inside is a single large room with a raised stage, and a roll-up canvas curtain from the 1930s shows a painted lake scene ringed by 24 local advertisements. Few one-room schools of this age survive in Georgia. After sitting vacant from 1944 to 1951, local citizens renovated it, removing a 1920s porch and a partition. It now hosts monthly club dinners, weddings, voting and civic events. A former school bell on a stone pedestal also contributes to the property. It was recognized for its architecture, its surviving curtain art, and its role in local education.","period_of_significance":"c.1870-1944","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a community meeting hall; the school closed in 1944, the building sat vacant until 1951, and it has been a community building since.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.845851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/01001536.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001536/6f40f06373-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001536/6f40f06373-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Saverivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lone_Oak_Academy;_Lone_Oak,_GA_(1870).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Saverivers</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lone_Oak_Academy;_Lone_Oak,_GA_(1870).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208969","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134391772"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/meriwether-county/lone-oak-academy-01001536/"}