Walterboro Jail

This neo-Gothic building, designed by Jones and Lee, noted architects of Charleston, and constructed by J.& B. Lucas in 1855-56, replaced the jail built in 1822 when Walterboro became the seat of justice of Colleton District. It served as a ...

Harrison County Jail

First Log Jail erected 1809. Spier Spencer, First Sheriff, was killed 1811 commanding the Harrison County Yellow Jackets in the Battle of Tippecanoe.

During first twelve years, Harrison County had a whipping post where justice was meted out by floggings.

Second Jail ...

Currituck County Old Jail

Thursday the 31st December 1767

"On motion the following Bills were ordered to be read ... A Bill to impower the justices of Currituck County to build a prison pillary and stocks in the said county on the lot were the ...

Burnet County Jail

Built 1884 of hand-hewn rock. Has apartment for sheriff, who is also jailer. On second floor the county library was founded.

Marker is on S Pierce St, on the right when traveling north.

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Montgomery County Rotary Jail

This jail and sheriff’s residence built 1882. First rotary jail built in U. S. constructed to plans based on patented design of William H. Brown and Benjamin F. Haugh of Indianapolis. In use until 1973. Opened as museum and restoration ...

Quitman County’s Old Jail

The original jail was a wooden structure built in 1859. It was replaced in 1891 with this brick structure which is typical of rural jails built during this period in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia counties. The commissioners in 1890 ...

Jail Flats

Because of the often soggy conditions that discouraged use as either residential or commercial property, the area of Headwaters Park became known as the Jail Flats. The first jail in Allen County was a two-story hewn-log structure that was enclosed ...

Mariposa County’s Old Stone Jail

This 33 X 26 foot structure was built in 1858 from granite blocks quarried near Mormon Bar at a cost of 14,744.00 by J.O. Lovejoy. It originally had two stories and a gallows at the east end. In 1892 a ...

Lower Lake Stone Jail

Built in 1876 at the height of the quicksilver mining boom, the Lower Lake stone jail was a response to rapid town growth and the urgent need for civil order. Stephen Nicolai, one of the first stone masons in Lower ...

Jail

Replacing two earlier log jails, this limestone rock jail was built in 1854 by Joseph Peelman for $3,000.

Marker is on West Pike Street west of Liberty Street, on the left when traveling west.

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