Woodville Baptist Church and School
Why it's listed
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.
Significance in brief: 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.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 99000455, listed April 15, 1999. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Jct. of E. Peachtree Ave. and Chestnut St., Woodville |
|---|---|
| County | Greene County |
| Listed | April 15, 1999 |
| Reference number | 99000455 |
| Resource type | Site |
| Period of significance | 1913-1949 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival (school) and Late Gothic Revival (church) |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Education, Religion |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | 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. |
| Acreage | 12 |
| Coordinates | 33.67041, -83.09966 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
Sites (archaeological sites, battlefields, landscapes) are often listed with a restricted address to protect them from looting or disturbance. Listing is honorary for private owners; federal undertakings on or near the site go through Section 106 review, and state laws may protect burials and artefacts regardless of listing.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 99000455.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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