{"nrhp_refnum":"86002179","name":"Locust Grove Institute Academic Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3644 GA 42","address_restricted":false,"city":"Locust Grove","county":"Henry County","state":"GA","lat":33.35212975600007,"lon":-84.11417045999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red-brick Neoclassical school building at 3644 Georgia Highway 42 in Locust Grove, Henry County, Georgia, built in 1904-05 and designed by architect James W. Golucke.","why_significant":"It is a good example of Neoclassical design for an educational building and one of the last works of architect James W. Golucke. It is the only surviving building of the Locust Grove Institute, a Baptist-supported coeducational preparatory school that was among the first on the Southern accredited list and represented the Baptists at a 1914 international meeting. It also reflects church-sponsored secondary education in Georgia around the turn of the century.","narrative":"Built in 1904-05, this two-story red-brick schoolhouse in Locust Grove, Georgia, was the main classroom building of the Locust Grove Institute, a coeducational Baptist preparatory school founded in 1894. Architect James W. Golucke, known for courthouses, jails and schools, designed it in the Neoclassical style, with brick pilasters, a hipped roof and a six-column wooden portico. It held all classrooms and an auditorium. The school grew into a campus of nearly fifty acres and was supported by eleven Baptist associations. It was among the first preparatory schools in Georgia on the accredited list of the Association of Schools and Colleges of the Southern States, and in 1914 it was chosen to represent the Baptist denomination at an international meeting. The institute closed in 1930 during the Depression, and the other campus buildings were sold for their materials. This building later served as a public school until 1983 and is now used for city offices, the police department and a library branch.","period_of_significance":"1904-05","architect_builder":"James W. Golucke, Architect","architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Locust Grove and used as city hall, police department and branch library, with plans for a small museum; restoration was under way.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.137273-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/86002179.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002179/2551a36ac3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002179/2551a36ac3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"ECTully2018","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locust_Grove_Institute_2018.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ECTully2018</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locust_Grove_Institute_2018.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000451","name":"Locust Grove Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/locust-grove-historic-district-16000451/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208670","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_Grove_Institute","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17018621"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/henry-county/locust-grove-institute-academic-building-86002179/"}