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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

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 - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Architectural Remains, Project 194, Structure 115, Jamestown, James City County, VA

Architectural Remains, Project 194, Structure 115, Jamestown, James Ci...

Significance: Structure 115 was a two-story rowhouse block incorporating four identical units attached gable to gable. Each house had a chamber and parlor plan with a H-shaped chimneystack and a lobby-entry. Th... More

Passaic County Jail & Sheriff's House, Main Street, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

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, Essex County, MA

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

Lincoln County Jail, East side of Federal Street (State Route 218), North of Main Street (U.S. Route 1), Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME

Lincoln County Jail, East side of Federal Street (State Route 218), No...

Significance: Built for $6,000, in 1809-1811 as principal penitentiary in the state, capacity of 40 prisoners, operated until 1953. The granite for the building, quarried at the mouth of the Sheepscott River, p... More

Letter from Sam Thomas to Thomas Family, September 28, 1873
Colton Hall & Jail, Pacific Street, between Madison & Jefferson Streets, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

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

Old Beaufort Jail, Courthouse Square on Cedar Street, Beaufort, Carteret County, NC

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, Skagway, Skagway, AK

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, Modoc County, CA

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

Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

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 County, SC

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

Old Fort Johnstown, Montgomery & South Perry Streets, Johnstown, Fulton County, NY

Old Fort Johnstown, Montgomery & South Perry Streets, Johnstown, Fulto...

Survey number: HABS NY-394 Building/structure dates: 1772 Initial Construction

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

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

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

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

Town Hall, 43 Main Street, Ophir, Tooele County, UT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 - historical image of Maryland, United States, 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 - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Branch Mint, 400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

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

Gaol, Gaoler's House & Barn, Auburn & Vernon Streets, Newburyport, Essex County, MA

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

Letter from Sam Thomas to Thomas Family, September 28, 1873
Lancaster County Jail, 208 West Gay Street, Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC

Lancaster County Jail, 208 West Gay Street, Lancaster, Lancaster Count...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Allegheny County Courthouse & Jail, 436 Grant Street (Courthouse), 420 Ross Street (Jail), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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 County, SC

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 County, SC

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

Old Polk County Jail, Walker Street, Columbus, Polk County, NC

Old Polk County Jail, Walker Street, Columbus, Polk County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-257 Building/structure dates: 1856 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Demolished

Franklin St., Jail, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Franklin St., Jail, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Public domain photograph of a historic place in North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

U.S. Naval Air Station, Brig, South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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

Passaic County Jail & Sheriff's House, Main Street, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

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

[Zindan (prison), with inmates looking out through the bars and a guard with Russian rifle, uniform, and boots, Central Asia]

[Zindan (prison), with inmates looking out through the bars and a guar...

A man and a woman standing next to a window. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Little Rock City Hall, Broadway & Markham, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

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

Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee ...

Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall t... More

Gaol, Gaoler's House & Barn, Auburn & Vernon Streets, Newburyport, Essex County, MA

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

Lincoln County Jail, East side of Federal Street (State Route 218), North of Main Street (U.S. Route 1), Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME

Lincoln County Jail, East side of Federal Street (State Route 218), No...

Significance: Built for $6,000, in 1809-1811 as principal penitentiary in the state, capacity of 40 prisoners, operated until 1953. The granite for the building, quarried at the mouth of the Sheepscott River, p... More

Marin County Courthouse, Fourth Street between A & Court Streets, San Rafael, Marin County, CA

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

Marin County Courthouse, Fourth Street between A & Court Streets, San Rafael, Marin County, CA

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

McCabe College, End of Seventh Avenue, East of Broadway Avenue, Skagway, Skagway, AK

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

Old Cass County Courthouse, Beardstown, Cass County, IL

Old Cass County Courthouse, Beardstown, Cass County, IL

Survey number: HABS IL-284 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction

Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

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 County, MA

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 Ross Street (Jail), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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 County, SC

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 County, SC

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

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