Louisa’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Louisa. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Louisa Court House was named for the county courthouse constructed in 1742, near the intersection of Courthouse Road (now SR 208) and Main Street/Louisa Road (now SR-22/US-33). The village of Louisa Court House had been the county seat for over a century when it became a strategic location during the Civil War for Virginia's supply and communication lines.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Louisa’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBarton House, Near Route 15, Wald…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Louisa
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Louisa, decade by decade
2000
unknown4 items
CommonsLouisa-VA2023
CommonsLouisa County Industrial Airpark2023
CommonsGrounds and sign, Louisa County High School2023
Commons2017-06-27 19 25 32 View east along U.S. Route 33 (Jefferso…2017
CommonsLouisa High School2015
CommonsBoxley Place2015
CommonsLouisa, Virginia2009
CommonsBB7 Louisa WJGrimes2008
CommonsVegitation ??2005
CommonsLouisa County Courthouse (Built 1905), Louisa (Louisa Count…20043 historic places in Louisa
3 places in Louisa are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Barton House, Near Route 15, Waldrop and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.