The Old Slave Market, pictured here, still stands on Broad Street, which is a main road in Louisville. It runs parallel to the road where the house is located (and also where another amazing abandoned house sits, too).

This image was taken in 1934, not long after the house was built, and the market would have been a well-known landmark to the home's inhabitants over the decades. Louisville was Georgia’s capital from 1796 to 1806. It was named after King Louis XVI of France, to honour French support during the American Revolutionary War.

This time-capsule home has been rescued from ruin