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St. Luke's grew from the Episcopal Church's Fort Valley High and Industrial School, a Black school run from 1919 until it became Fort Valley State College in 1939. The 1939-40 building rose through a gift from philanthropist Ethel Cheney Thorne.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is a historical marker in Fort Valley, Peach County, erected in 2003. It is one of 6 historical markers documented in Peach County, among 36 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.5415, -83.8959 near Fort Valley. The nearest cataloged historic site is Collis Potter Huntington Hall (historic place), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Jean Leroy Bywaters Building, Confederate Dead, and Oak Lawn Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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