City Jail

This nineteenth century building was used only for the incarceration of an occasional drunk. Logs are joined with square notches, with weatherboard gable ends and a gable roof.

Marker can be reached from South Jacob Street south of East Main Street ...

Old Fairfax Jail

Built in late 19th Century

Old Town Fairfax

The original “gaol” (1802) burned down in 1884. The Alexandria jail was used until this building was completed. The last jailer, Mr. William F. Lowe, and his family lived in the front quarters of ...

Old Jail

On February 27, 1904, ground was broken for the “new” jail. Contractor A.J. Robbins received the contract with a low bid of $6,738. Its construction is “a concrete foundation with brick walls, laid in 1:6 bond constructed with a six-course ...

Site of First Washington County Jail

Erected 1783, of logs

Aaron Burr incarcerated here 1807, en route to trial for treason

Placed by Governor Jared Irwin Chapter, D.A.R.

Marker is on Warthen Lane 0 miles from Warthen Lane, on the right when traveling south.

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1834 Jail

1834 Jail

In 1906, Chester Gillette

was held here during his

famous trail for the murder

of Grace Brown, basis for

novel "An American Tragedy."

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main ...

1873 County Jail

Historical Plaza Walking Tour Stop 10

During Ellsworth's earliest years, Wild Bill Hickok's common-law wife, Indian Annie, lived in a shack near this site. After Hickok abandoned Indian Annie, she made ends meet washing clothes, scrubbing floors at the Grand Central ...

Court House and Jail

1770 - 1827

Here stood the

Court House

and Jail

at the time of the

American Revolution

Marked 1904 by the

Morristown Chapter

D.A.R.

Marker is on N Park Place (U.S. 202), on the right when traveling east.

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Washington County Jail

The first building used as the Washington Country Jail was a log house at 26-28 E. Franklin Street in Hagerstown. In 1818, the state legislature authorized the county to spend $12,000 to build a new jail.

The new jail was built ...

Washington County Jail

The first building used as the Washington Country Jail was a log house at 26-28 E. Franklin Street in Hagerstown. In 1818, the state legislature authorized the county to spend $12,000 to build a new jail.

The new jail was built ...

Huntersville Jail / Presbyterian Church

Huntersville JailHuntersville was the county seat of Pocahontas, 1821-1891. Jail was built about 1878 of white Medina sandstone and considered almost an escape-proof structure. It was used until county seat was moved to Marlinton in 1891.

Presbyterian ChurchThe Huntersville Presbyterian Church ...