{"nrhp_refnum":"99000455","name":"Woodville Baptist Church and School","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Jct. of E. Peachtree Ave. and Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodville","county":"Greene County","state":"GA","lat":33.67040766400007,"lon":-83.09966255751725,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A church, former church-turned-school, pastorium and cemetery complex in the crossroads community of Woodville, Greene County, Georgia. The Gothic Revival brick church dates to 1912-1913, and the school grew from an 1886 frame church.","why_significant":"The property is significant locally for its role as the center of religion, education and burial in a small railroad town, and for the architecture of its church and school. It also reflects Great Depression federal aid through a 1938-39 vocational arts building, now the pastorium, built with Farm Security Administration funds and WPA labor.","narrative":"Woodville's church, school, pastorium and cemetery form a small complex at a crossroads in Greene County, Georgia. The red-brick Baptist church, built in 1912-1913, has Gothic Revival details including pointed stained-glass windows, two entrance towers and original pews. The school began as the congregation's 1886 frame church. After the new church opened, the old building was converted to a school, given a two-story front addition, a portico with Tuscan columns and a cupola, and later brick-clad classroom wings added in 1933 and 1935. It taught students from 1913 to 1957 and retains its auditorium, stage curtain, lockers and desks. The pastorium began as a vocational arts building in 1938-39, financed by the Farm Security Administration and built with WPA labor. The cemetery, on land donated in 1896, is still the town's only burial ground. Together the buildings show the community's religious and educational life and its use of limited resources.","period_of_significance":"1913-1949","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival (school) and Late Gothic Revival (church)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The church remains active, the school serves as a community center, the building from 1938 is used as the pastorium, and the cemetery is still the town cemetery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.25693-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/99000455.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208493","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/greene-county/woodville-baptist-church-and-school-99000455/"}