A black and white photo of a group of men in prison uniforms. Great De...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
Town Hall, 43 Main Street, Ophir, Tooele County, UT
Significance: One of the few remaining mining town city hall-fire stations. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS UT-38 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Init... More
Town Hall, 43 Main Street, Ophir, Tooele County, UT
Significance: One of the few remaining mining town city hall-fire stations. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS UT-38 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Init... More
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, 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
Jail, Main Street, Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Old Brick Jail, Steilacoom, Pierce County, WA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS WA-39-W-1
Albemarle County Jail, 409 East High Street, Charlottesville, Charlott...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Ablemarle County Jail, located one block north of Charlottesville's Courthouse Square, was constructed to replace an earlier jail building whi... More
Albemarle County Jail, 409 East High Street, Charlottesville, Charlott...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Ablemarle County Jail, located one block north of Charlottesville's Courthouse Square, was constructed to replace an earlier jail building whi... More
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 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
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
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
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
Fort Adams, Redoubt Jail, Newport, Newport County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-347-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000014
Kent County Courthouse, Jail, Cross Street, Chestertown, Kent County, ...
Survey number: HABS MD-968-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 Co...
Survey number: HABS IL-149 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
U.S. Naval Air Station, Brig, South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County...
Significance: Built in 1908, the small building with a corbeled brick cornice served as a prison until circa 1964. It is now a minimum security correctional center. // Constructed in 1908 as the Brig, Building... More
Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...
Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More
Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...
Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More
Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...
Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More
Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...
Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More
U.S. Branch Mint, 400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old County Jail, San Elizario Plaza, El Paso, El Paso County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-3304 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Little Rock City Hall, Broadway & Markham, Little Rock, Pulaski County...
Survey number: HABS AR-14 Building/structure dates: 1907- 1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1956 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates:... More
Roanoke Municipal Building & Annex, 216 Campbell Avenue Southwest & 21...
Significance: The Municipal Complex area (Courthouse, Municipal Building, Police Station, Jail, and Court Facility now being built) symbolize the steady growth and progress of the City. It also reflects the ce... More
Colton Hall & Jail, Pacific Street, between Madison & Jefferson Street...
Structure is associated with the constitution of the State of California. Significance: The building was the first public building constructed in Monterey after the conquest of California, and it housed the Con... More
Colton Hall & Jail, Pacific Street, between Madison & Jefferson Street...
Structure is associated with the constitution of the State of California. Significance: The building was the first public building constructed in Monterey after the conquest of California, and it housed the Con... More
Beaver County Courthouse, Center & First East Streets, Beaver, Beaver ...
Significance: This is one of the better preserved and architecturally significant original courthouses in the state, still actively used. Beaver was the seat of the Second Judicial District Court, which tried J... More
Marin County Courthouse, Fourth Street between A & Court Streets, San ...
Significance: The Old Marin County Courthouse, built in 1872-1873, housed all of the county offices, courts and jail, until 1969 when the last offices were moved to the new county civic center. The two story a... More
Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County,...
Significance: This is a sturdy building and an excellent example of an 1870's frontier jail. Completed and accepted by the County Commissioners of Sweetwater County, Wyoming Territory, on April 1, 1870, the jai... More
McCabe College, End of Seventh Avenue, East of Broadway Avenue, Skagwa...
This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway. There is no sheet #1 in the drawing set. Significance: One of the few stone buildings... More
Tule Lake Project Jail, Post Mile 44.85, State Route 139, Newell, Modo...
Significance: The jail at the Tule Lake Project was part of the Stockade, or Area B, a detention center established by the U.S. Army in late 1943 following a series of altercations between Japanese-American "ev... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Allegheny County Courthouse & Jail, 436 Grant Street (Courthouse), 420...
Significance: A prime example of noted architect Richardson's work in what would come to be known as the "Richardsonian Romanesque Style." The jail is particularly notable as an example of functionalism. Surv... More
Allegheny County Courthouse & Jail, 436 Grant Street (Courthouse), 420...
Significance: A prime example of noted architect Richardson's work in what would come to be known as the "Richardsonian Romanesque Style." The jail is particularly notable as an example of functionalism. Surv... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More
Puck magazine cover - Jail the only remedy / Gallaway.
Illustration shows an automobile driver who broke the traffic laws and has been placed in jail with other criminals. Caption: Fines are a farce when dealing with the auto law breaker. Illus. in: Puck, v. 52, n... More
Jail, Main Street, Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, CA
Suggested address, Main Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-164
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 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
Survey number: HABS IL-248-B Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction
Zoar Jail, Foltz Street, Zoar, Tuscarawas County, OH
Survey number: HABS OH-292 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction
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, 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, 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
Albemarle County Jail, 409 East High Street, Charlottesville, Charlott...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Ablemarle County Jail, located one block north of Charlottesville's Courthouse Square, was constructed to replace an earlier jail building whi... More
Albemarle County Jail, 409 East High Street, Charlottesville, Charlott...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Ablemarle County Jail, located one block north of Charlottesville's Courthouse Square, was constructed to replace an earlier jail building whi... More
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
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
Cuyahoga County Criminal Court Building, 1560 East Twenty-first Street...
Significance: The Cuyahoga County Criminal Court Building is a fine example of the Art Deco Style as interpreted in Cleveland during the late 1920s and 1930s. The interior contained a restrained, but elegant oc... More
Kent County Courthouse, Jail, Cross Street, Chestertown, Kent County, ...
Survey number: HABS MD-968-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 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 Co...
Survey number: HABS IL-149 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...
Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More
U.S. Branch Mint, 400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Passaic County Jail & Sheriff's House, Main Street, Paterson, Passaic ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-288 Survey number: HABS NJ-381 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1855 Subsequent Work
Gaol, Gaoler's House & Barn, Auburn & Vernon Streets, Newburyport, Ess...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS MA-121 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction
Roanoke Municipal Building & Annex, 216 Campbell Avenue Southwest & 21...
Significance: The Municipal Complex area (Courthouse, Municipal Building, Police Station, Jail, and Court Facility now being built) symbolize the steady growth and progress of the City. It also reflects the ce... More
Colton Hall & Jail, Pacific Street, between Madison & Jefferson Street...
Structure is associated with the constitution of the State of California. Significance: The building was the first public building constructed in Monterey after the conquest of California, and it housed the Con... More
Colton Hall & Jail, Pacific Street, between Madison & Jefferson Street...
Structure is associated with the constitution of the State of California. Significance: The building was the first public building constructed in Monterey after the conquest of California, and it housed the Con... More
Colton Hall & Jail, Pacific Street, between Madison & Jefferson Street...
Structure is associated with the constitution of the State of California. Significance: The building was the first public building constructed in Monterey after the conquest of California, and it housed the Con... More
Beaver County Courthouse, Center & First East Streets, Beaver, Beaver ...
Significance: This is one of the better preserved and architecturally significant original courthouses in the state, still actively used. Beaver was the seat of the Second Judicial District Court, which tried J... More
Lancaster County Jail, 208 West Gay Street, Lancaster, Lancaster Count...
Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lancaster County Jail, 208 West Gay Street, Lancaster, Lancaster Count...
Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marin County Courthouse, Fourth Street between A & Court Streets, San ...
Significance: The Old Marin County Courthouse, built in 1872-1873, housed all of the county offices, courts and jail, until 1969 when the last offices were moved to the new county civic center. The two story a... More
Old Beaufort Jail, Courthouse Square on Cedar Street, Beaufort, Carter...
Significance: Built in 1836 by Elijah White Hurst, located on the northeast side of the courthouse square. The long porch which originally existed on the front of the building has since been removed. There was ... More
Old Beaufort Jail, Courthouse Square on Cedar Street, Beaufort, Carter...
Significance: Built in 1836 by Elijah White Hurst, located on the northeast side of the courthouse square. The long porch which originally existed on the front of the building has since been removed. There was ... More
Old Beaufort Jail, Courthouse Square on Cedar Street, Beaufort, Carter...
Significance: Built in 1836 by Elijah White Hurst, located on the northeast side of the courthouse square. The long porch which originally existed on the front of the building has since been removed. There was ... More
Old Beaufort Jail, Courthouse Square on Cedar Street, Beaufort, Carter...
Significance: Built in 1836 by Elijah White Hurst, located on the northeast side of the courthouse square. The long porch which originally existed on the front of the building has since been removed. There was ... More
McCabe College, End of Seventh Avenue, East of Broadway Avenue, Skagwa...
This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway. There is no sheet #1 in the drawing set. Significance: One of the few stone buildings... More
Tule Lake Project Jail, Post Mile 44.85, State Route 139, Newell, Modo...
Significance: The jail at the Tule Lake Project was part of the Stockade, or Area B, a detention center established by the U.S. Army in late 1943 following a series of altercations between Japanese-American "ev... More
Tule Lake Project Jail, Post Mile 44.85, State Route 139, Newell, Modo...
Significance: The jail at the Tule Lake Project was part of the Stockade, or Area B, a detention center established by the U.S. Army in late 1943 following a series of altercations between Japanese-American "ev... More
Tule Lake Project Jail, Post Mile 44.85, State Route 139, Newell, Modo...
Significance: The jail at the Tule Lake Project was part of the Stockade, or Area B, a detention center established by the U.S. Army in late 1943 following a series of altercations between Japanese-American "ev... More
Tule Lake Project Jail, Post Mile 44.85, State Route 139, Newell, Modo...
Significance: The jail at the Tule Lake Project was part of the Stockade, or Area B, a detention center established by the U.S. Army in late 1943 following a series of altercations between Japanese-American "ev... More
Tule Lake Project Jail, Post Mile 44.85, State Route 139, Newell, Modo...
Significance: The jail at the Tule Lake Project was part of the Stockade, or Area B, a detention center established by the U.S. Army in late 1943 following a series of altercations between Japanese-American "ev... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...
Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More
Allegheny County Courthouse & Jail, 436 Grant Street (Courthouse), 420...
Significance: A prime example of noted architect Richardson's work in what would come to be known as the "Richardsonian Romanesque Style." The jail is particularly notable as an example of functionalism. Surv... More
Allegheny County Courthouse & Jail, 436 Grant Street (Courthouse), 420...
Significance: A prime example of noted architect Richardson's work in what would come to be known as the "Richardsonian Romanesque Style." The jail is particularly notable as an example of functionalism. Surv... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More
Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More