Historical Marker

Market House

Louisville · Jefferson County · Erected 1979

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Built in the 1790s as Louisville's public trading hub, this open-air market saw land, goods, and enslaved people auctioned beneath its roof; inside hangs a French convent bell once seized by pirates and sold in Savannah.

About this site

Market House is a historical marker in Louisville, Jefferson County, erected in 1979. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in Jefferson County, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0001, -82.4094 near Louisville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Louisville U.S. Bicentennial Time Capsule (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First National Bank & Trust Building, The Sacking of Louisville, and Nancy Hart Highway.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.0001, -82.4094 · Louisville, Jefferson County

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