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[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from Capitol Hill, looking northwest]

[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from Capitol Hill, lookin...

Northwest view with 1st, B, C, D streets, and Indiana Ave. in the foreground; view includes the Washington Jail, Aldrich's Wholesale Flour, Grain & Feed Warehouse, Dyers American House, Shamokin & Lykins Valley... More

Extraordinary and expensive engagement of Hardeen the king of handcuff kings and jail breakers.

Extraordinary and expensive engagement of Hardeen the king of handcuff...

At head of title: Grand Opera House, Radcliffe, Monday, May 21, 1906 and during the week." Created by "Ellis & Sons Printers, Market Place, Chorley." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Divis... More

Christmas tree at the District Jail, Washington, D.C. and some of the prisoners

Christmas tree at the District Jail, Washington, D.C. and some of the ...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3456. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Torreon rurales outside of jail [i.e., street railway depot]

Torreon rurales outside of jail [i.e., street railway depot]

Photo shows the "carroceria," the street railway depot, in Torreón, State of Coahuila, México. The rurales are facing south, towards Federal Army Headquarters, located in Ramos Arizpe Street between Allende and... More

Taking Becker to Sing Sing - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Taking Becker to Sing Sing - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows "Charles Becker, the ex-Police Lieutenant and convicted murderer of Herman Rosenthal, who will be sentenced to death this morning by Justice Goff" on way to Sing Sing prison, Ossining, New York. (So... More

Miss Lucy Ewing, Chicago, Ill[inois].

Miss Lucy Ewing, Chicago, Ill[inois].

Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Lucy Ewing of Chicago, wearing v-neck blouse with necklace and wide-brimmed straw hat with ribbon. Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item.... More

French gardener, Prison camp, Zossen

French gardener, Prison camp, Zossen

Photograph shows a French prisoner working on a flower display outside a building at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wünsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party

Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Vida Milholland behind bars in a jail cell (District Jail, Washington, D.C.). Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 6, no. 5 (Feb. 9,... More

Catherine Flanagan, Gertrude Crocker [or Mrs. William Upton (Madeleine) Watson]

Catherine Flanagan, Gertrude Crocker [or Mrs. William Upton (Madeleine...

Summary: Catherine Flanagan (Left) and Gertrude Crocker [or Mrs. William Upton (Madeleine) Watson?] (Right) being placed under arrest as they picket with banners before the White House East Gate. Arresting poli... More

Lucy Branham during World War I

Lucy Branham during World War I

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, Lucy Branham, facing forward, standing in front of a building and holding a sign, "We Demand That The American Government Gi... More

Line of returning Italian prisoners in ARC kitchen. Serving food in the American Red Cross Kitchen at Trieste

Line of returning Italian prisoners in ARC kitchen. Serving food in th...

On caption card: At Trieste, the A.R.C. maintains a canteen where food is served to Italian soldiers who occupied that city after the signing of the armistice, at this canteen Italian prisoners returning form A... More

Hospital at D.C. prison showing, on 3rd floor right, Alice Paul's window boarded up.

Hospital at D.C. prison showing, on 3rd floor right, Alice Paul's wind...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of exterior of prison hospital. Photograph published in The Suffragist, 7, no. 1 (Feb. 1, 1919): 6.

Radio in the jail - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Radio in the jail - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Silverton Historic District, Jail, West Fifteenth & Green Streets, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Jail, West Fifteenth & Green Streets, Sil...

Survey number: HABS CO-53-K National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

Jail, Hornitos, Mariposa County, CA

Jail, Hornitos, Mariposa County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1522 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manchester jail, Willon and Valley Street, Amoskeag, Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester jail, Willon and Valley Street, Amoskeag, Manchester, New H...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a train yard, New Hamshire. Farm Security Organization photograph

A black and white photo of a train yard, New Hamshire. Farm Security O...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senator McAdoo asks pardon for Townsend. Washington, D.C., April 15. Senator William McAdoo, D. Calif, went to the White House today to renew his appeal for a presidential pardon for Dr. Frances E. Townsend. McAdoo based his claim for clemency on the grounds that Townsend was too old to undergo the hardships of jail life, he is shown as he left the executive offices after talking with the president, 4/15/38

Senator McAdoo asks pardon for Townsend. Washington, D.C., April 15. S...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, Yakima. The famed stockade. Used as jail for striking farm workers in 1933. See general caption number 33

Washington, Yakima. The famed stockade. Used as jail for striking farm...

Public domain photograph of farm, farmer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jail, Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Jail, Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Public domain photograph of Georgia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably storeroom, smokehouse, or jail when built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation, originally the Yucca Plantation (from Spanish). See general caption

Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably sto...

Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Convicts from the Greene County prison camp at the funeral of their warden who was killed in an automobile accident, Georgia

Convicts from the Greene County prison camp at the funeral of their wa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Free all political prisoners - American Art Poster

Free all political prisoners - American Art Poster

Photos shows red vertical line with text at base. Date of publication supplied by Library staff. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. J41. 197- Gift; NMAA.

Jailhouse cells, made of narrow-gauge-railroad ties, behind the 1882 firehouse in the town of Ridgway, which calls itself the "Gateway to the San Juans," in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

Jailhouse cells, made of narrow-gauge-railroad ties, behind the 1882 f...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Remote Ridgway was an early railroad town that declined alarmingly in the 1980s after plans were afoot to flood the little town to mak... More

Dreary hallway in the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary, which operated between 1829 and 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dreary hallway in the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary, which oper...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison located at 2027 Fairmount Avenue between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison located at 2027...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The prison was operational from 1829 until 1971. When t... More

Horseshoes at the blacksmith shop of the Buffalo Gap Historic Village in the unincorporated Taylor County, Texas, town of the same name, near Abilene

Horseshoes at the blacksmith shop of the Buffalo Gap Historic Village ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum showcases fifteen outdoor structures and West Texas artifacts that reach back to the late 19th century and the early 20th ... More

A.G. Gaston Motel, Birmingham, Alabama

A.G. Gaston Motel, Birmingham, Alabama

A.G. Gaston, the millionaire black businessman, bailed Martin Luther King, Jr., out of a Birmingham jail in 1963. Reverend King stayed at the A.G. Gaston Motel during his visits to plan the Civil Rights protest... More

Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut

Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut

Old Newgate Prison was a Colonial American prison. The prison was originally a copper mine, opened in 1705. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lande... More

Lifesize bronze sculpture, "Granite Sun," by sculptor Jesus B. Morales, in the Marshall R. Young Courtyard of the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County

Lifesize bronze sculpture, "Granite Sun," by sculptor Jesus B. Morales...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Just about every New York City adult, and millions more nationwide who watch crime stories on American television, has heard of Rikers Island. It's the vast city's main jail complex in the middle of the East River. This photo of Victorian living room was obviously taken elsewhere . . . at the house in the city's Queens borough whose original owner, Dutch immigrant Abraham Rycken Van Lent, whose family name would be americanized as "Riker", also owned the island that would one day house the notorious jail

Just about every New York City adult, and millions more nationwide who...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Buildings. American Civil War glass negative.

Petersburg, Virginia. Buildings. American Civil War glass negative.

Caption from negative sleeve: Petersburg, Va., April 1865. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3041A) and right (LC-B811-3041B) halves of a stereograph pair. Caption on file print: Prison Yard of Castle Thunder, Rich... More

500 prisoners in court of jail, San Juan, Porto Rico

500 prisoners in court of jail, San Juan, Porto Rico

19072 D U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10274. Copyright by B.L. Singley.

Photograph album, World War I, Palestine and Sinai

Photograph album, World War I, Palestine and Sinai

Green cloth and black leather spine bound photograph album containing 296 captioned prints depicting events, troop movements, and military activities during World War I, with emphasis on Ottoman, German, and A... More

Crestline City Hall, Bucyrus & Thoman Streets, Crestline, Crawford County, OH

Crestline City Hall, Bucyrus & Thoman Streets, Crestline, Crawford Cou...

Significance: The Crestline City Hall has stood as a monument to the small central Ohio town's civic pride for 101 years. Built at the height of the City's heyday as a bustling railroad center, the structure wa... More

Crestline City Hall, Bucyrus & Thoman Streets, Crestline, Crawford County, OH

Crestline City Hall, Bucyrus & Thoman Streets, Crestline, Crawford Cou...

Significance: The Crestline City Hall has stood as a monument to the small central Ohio town's civic pride for 101 years. Built at the height of the City's heyday as a bustling railroad center, the structure wa... More

Old Jail Building, First & Mississippi Streets, Jonesboro, Union County, IL

Old Jail Building, First & Mississippi Streets, Jonesboro, Union Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-62,FN-63, FN-66, FN-67 Survey number: HABS IL-233 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction

County Jail, 115 Market Street, Knoxville, Knox County, IL

County Jail, 115 Market Street, Knoxville, Knox County, IL

Survey number: HABS IL-248-B Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction

Charles Williams House, South Avenue & Fourth Street (moved to), Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Charles Williams House, South Avenue & Fourth Street (moved to), Nicod...

See HABS No. KS-49 for list of structures that are contributing to the historic district & fieldnotes. Significance: Northeast room in house was run as post office by Williams' wife, Elizabeth, in 1930's. Fami... More

Caroline County Jail, Sheriff's House, 101 Gay Street, Denton, Caroline County, MD

Caroline County Jail, Sheriff's House, 101 Gay Street, Denton, Carolin...

Significance: One of the oldest in the State of Maryland, the Caroline County Jail and Sheriff's House has been in continuous use as a jail since 1907 when it was built during a period of marked cultural, comme... More

Chewacla Limeworks, Limekiln Road, Chewacla, Lee County, AL

Chewacla Limeworks, Limekiln Road, Chewacla, Lee County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-509 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chewacla Limeworks, Limekiln Road, Chewacla, Lee County, AL

Chewacla Limeworks, Limekiln Road, Chewacla, Lee County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-509 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...

Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...

Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...

Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...

Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More

Old Jail, State Route 6A & Old Jail Lane, Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA

Old Jail, State Route 6A & Old Jail Lane, Barnstable, Barnstable Count...

Survey number: HABS MA-976 Public domain photograph of a chamber, vaults, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This cast-iron frame building was designed by Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect, Office of Construction, Treasury Department, 1852-1862, and built 1856-1859. The building is maintained in exce... More

Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This cast-iron frame building was designed by Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect, Office of Construction, Treasury Department, 1852-1862, and built 1856-1859. The building is maintained in exce... More

Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This cast-iron frame building was designed by Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect, Office of Construction, Treasury Department, 1852-1862, and built 1856-1859. The building is maintained in exce... More

Fort Lawton, Guard House, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Guard House, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The only non-residential building on the post that was always used for its original purpose. Architecturally intact. Demonstrates the most extensive use of embossed metal that remains on the pos... More

Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond] (Andrew J. Russel)

Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond] (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows soldiers in courtyard, Castle Thunder Prison, Richmond, Virginia. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating pape... More

Wood County Jail, Market Street, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV

Wood County Jail, Market Street, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV

Survey number: HABS WV-225 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, M...

Significance: The Montgomery County Jail, the first of six rotary jails built in the Midwest during the second half of the nineteenth century, represents a significant attempt to answer the problem of human inc... More

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, M...

Significance: The Montgomery County Jail, the first of six rotary jails built in the Midwest during the second half of the nineteenth century, represents a significant attempt to answer the problem of human inc... More

Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester C...

Significance: This building is a good example of prison architecture of the middle third of the nineteenth century and was built in the best possible manner from the design of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number:... More

Old Oakville Jail, Talley Street, Oakville, Live Oak County, TX

Old Oakville Jail, Talley Street, Oakville, Live Oak County, TX

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The old jail building at Oakville, Texas is all that remains of a town that once served as the seat of Live Oak County. Because the site is above the fl... More

Fluvanna County Jail, Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia

Fluvanna County Jail, Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Located in the County Seat of Fluvanna, the Fluvanna County Jail stands proudly as a memorial to the unprecedented construction and growth in Virginia during... More

Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, ...

Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richmond, Virginia. Castle Thunder. (Cary Street) (Converted tobacco warehouse for political prisoners)

Richmond, Virginia. Castle Thunder. (Cary Street) (Converted tobacco w...

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Wasatch County Jail, Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Wasatch County Jail, Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Significance: This is part of the only remaining original Mormon Town Square in Utah. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS UT-26 Building/structure dates: ca. ... More

Oakland City Hall, Fourteenth & Washington Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland City Hall, Fourteenth & Washington Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Done by a nationally prominent architectural firm, who won this commission and two others for city halls in competitions, Oakland city hall is a blending of Beaux Arts planning and contemporary sk... More

Fort Buford, Old Headquarters Site, Buford, Williams County, ND

Fort Buford, Old Headquarters Site, Buford, Williams County, ND

Significance: This was a very important place in the history of the West, not only as a place where prisoners from the Confederate Army were put on duty fighting Indians, but in later years the place where Sitt... More

Jefferson County Jail & Sheriff's Office, Courthouse Square, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Jefferson County Jail & Sheriff's Office, Courthouse Square, Madison, ...

Significance: The Jefferson County Jail and Sheriff's House was built in 1848-50 and survives virtually unaltered. The temple-like form of brick and heavy masonry encloses the utilitarian jail block with the S... More

New Haven City Hall & Courthouse, Church Street, between Court & Elm Streets, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven City Hall & Courthouse, Church Street, between Court & Elm S...

Significance: The City Hall is one of the earliest examples of polychromatic Italian Gothic Revival style in the United States. The Courthouse, adjoining City Hall, was built 10 years later in the same style. ... More

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very ... More

Castle Thunder, Richmond, on Carey, (i.e. Cary) from 19th street

Castle Thunder, Richmond, on Carey, (i.e. Cary) from 19th street

Stereograph showing exterior of a building used by the Confederacy to detain Union soldiers and spies. No. 897. Part of series: Photographic Incidents of the War. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection... More

Ferry Tavern & Jail, Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ

Ferry Tavern & Jail, Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-379 Survey number: HABS NJ-268 Building/structure dates: 1686 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1760 Subsequent Work

Ferry Tavern & Jail, Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ

Ferry Tavern & Jail, Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-379 Survey number: HABS NJ-268 Building/structure dates: 1686 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1760 Subsequent Work

Debtor's Prison, Eastville Court house, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Debtor's Prison, Eastville Court house, Eastville, Northampton County,...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

City Hall & Opera House, Rouse Avenue & East Main Street, Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT

City Hall & Opera House, Rouse Avenue & East Main Street, Bozeman, Gal...

Significance: In May 1887 a special election was held to decide the issue of building a new city hall and opera house. The issue passed on a vote of 98 to 22. The building, which required three years to compl... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Brig-Correctional Center, 528 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Brig-Correctional Center, 528 South Avenue, Pe...

Significance: Constructed in 1943 as a brig, Building No. 710 currently houses administrative offices for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Building No. 710 was one of several buildings erected at Nava... More

Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, North side of State Route 130, West Laramie, Albany County, WY
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, North side of State Route 130, West Laramie, Albany County, WY
Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kent County Courthouse, Jail, Cross Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Kent County Courthouse, Jail, Cross Street, Chestertown, Kent County, ...

Survey number: HABS MD-968-A Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue & King Drive, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ

New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...

Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More

Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of Sta...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-A Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Philadelphia County Prison, Debtors' Wing, Reed Street & Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia County Prison, Debtors' Wing, Reed Street & Passyunk Aven...

Significance: The Debtors' Wing was one of the finest examples of Egyptian Revival architecture in America. It was modeled after the Temple of Amenophis III, on the Isle D' Elephantine on the Nile. It was desig... More

Old Market House, North Commerce & Troy Streets, Galena, Jo Daviess County, IL

Old Market House, North Commerce & Troy Streets, Galena, Jo Daviess Co...

Survey number: HABS IL-149 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work

Old Market House, North Commerce & Troy Streets, Galena, Jo Daviess County, IL

Old Market House, North Commerce & Troy Streets, Galena, Jo Daviess Co...

Survey number: HABS IL-149 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work

The last moments of John Brown (leaving the jail on the morning of his execution) / Hovenden N.A. 1885, painter & etcher.

The last moments of John Brown (leaving the jail on the morning of his...

Print shows John Brown, under heavy guard, kissing a young African American child, as he leaves a jail on his way to the gallows. Includes a remarque of Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait, facing left. Q17090 U.S. ... More

Old Country Jail, Village Green, Paris, Oxford County, ME

Old Country Jail, Village Green, Paris, Oxford County, ME

Suggested address, Village Green, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS ME-37 Building/structure dates: 1822- 1828 Initial... More

Old Jail, Watkins & Elbert Street, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Old Jail, Watkins & Elbert Street, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Survey number: HABS GA-264 Building/structure dates: 1740 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1819 Subsequent Work

Debtor's Prison, State Route 764, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

Debtor's Prison, State Route 764, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

Significance: Originally built about 1785 as a residence for the jailor. Used for confinement of debtors in 1824, and continued as debtors' prison until 1849. Survey number: HABS VA-623 Building/structure da... More

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, ...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...

Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...

Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...

Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More

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