Brentsville - County Jail

Built by 1822 with the Courthouse and Clerk’s Office, the Prince William County Jail, or gaol, was larger than most jails built in Virginia at that time. Debtors, runaway slaves, thieves and murderers awaited trial here in timber-lined rooms. Initially, ...

Lumpkin's Jail

Richmond Slave Trail

(left panel)

Lumpkin’s Jail was owned by Robert Lumpkin, who maximized profits in his compound by including lodging for s1ave traders, a slave holding facility, an auction house, and a residence for his family. A port city with water, ...

Tuolumne County Jail

1857 – 1960

Following a Grand Jury indictment terming the current county jail a “public nuisance,” this site was acquired by the Board of Supervisors and a new jail constructed in 1857. The original building burned on December 20, 1865, taking ...

Swaim's Jail

Confining Andrew's Raiders

Swaim’s Jail, a small two-story brick building set into the side of the slope and surrounded by a high board fence, stood across the street. Confederate authorities held Andrew’s Raiders there after their capture in April 1862. James ...

Old Liberty County Jail

While this building was not Liberty County's first jail, it served longer than any previous jail. When in was built in 1892 the jail had "all the modern improvements and conveniences of a first class prison." Eighty years later it ...

1897 Clark County Jail

The Clark County Historical Society

1897 Jail Museum

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

December 8, 1978

Wisconsin Historical Marker

This property is listed in the

Wisconsin

State Register of

Historic Places

The State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Clark County

Jail

has been recognized ...

1894 Blanco County Jail

Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986

Noting the unhealthy dampness of the basement where prisoners were first kept after the Blanco County seat was moved to Johnson City, the Commissioners Court ordered the construction of this jail facility in 1893. Completed the following year, ...

City Hall, Fire House and Jail

First Lodi owned city hall &

fire house built 1912, cost $3995.

Board of Trustees

Geo. E. Lawrence, President

J.M. Blodgett, C.A. Rich,

F.O. Hale & C.A. Black

Site of Lodi's jail, Water Tank &

Electric Company (Cary Bros. 1895-1910)

Lodi Historical Society

1997

Marker is at the intersection ...

Gardnerville Branch Jail

1440 Courthouse Street

Constructed by Douglas County on land donated by the East Fork Township's Fourth Justice of the Peace, Mr. L.S. Ezell in 1910. The main jail in Genoa was destroyed by fire in 1910, and the Gardnerville Branch Jail ...

Kosciusko County Jail

This third county jail, including a sheriff’s residence, was built in 1870 by Richard Epperson. Chicago architect, George O. Garnsey designed it in Neo-Gothic Style. Rusticated stonework and turrets create the appearance of a small castle to provide a sense ...