Old State Capitol

In Georgia's statehouse here, the 1798 constitutional convention produced a charter that governed the state for seventy years, and in 1799 lawmakers adopted the Great Seal that Georgia still uses today.

Old State Capitol is a historical marker in Louisville, Jefferson County, erected in 1953. 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 32.9986, -82.4081 near Louisville. The nearest cataloged historic site is "Yazoo Fraud" (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Site of Capitol Building, To Commemorate the Site of the First Permanent Capitol of Georgia, and Jefferson County Courthouse.

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