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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

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

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

Human hearts an idyl of the Arkansaw hills.

Human hearts an idyl of the Arkansaw hills.

Caption: My pa used to raise apples like these! Created by "The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." Direction, W.E. Nankeville. No. 7476. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collecti... More

[District jail, Washington, D.C.]

[District jail, Washington, D.C.]

J138945 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 23. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hector Hough House, Main Street Hill, Waterford, Loudoun County, Virginia

Hector Hough House, Main Street Hill, Waterford, Loudoun County, Virgi...

Survey number: HABS VA-784 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000256

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

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

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

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

Old Gaol, Vestal Street (moved from original site), Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Old Gaol, Vestal Street (moved from original site), Nantucket, Nantuck...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N162 Survey number: HABS MA-120 Building/structure dates: 1711 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1805 Subsequent Work

Albemarle County Jail, 409 East High Street, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

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, 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

Milford Jail, Broad & High Streets, Milford, Pike County, PA

Milford Jail, Broad & High Streets, Milford, Pike County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-221 Building/structure dates: 1814 Initial Construction

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

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

Cuyahoga County Criminal Court Building, 1560 East Twenty-first Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

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

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

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

Cole County Jail, Jefferson City, Cole County, MO

Cole County Jail, Jefferson City, Cole County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-93 Survey number: HABS MO-1334 Building/structure dates: ca. 1825 Initial Construction

Town of Chisana, Women's Jail, Chisana, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Town of Chisana, Women's Jail, Chisana, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18 Survey number: HABS AK-9-C Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Public domain photograph of train station, 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

Roanoke Municipal Building & Annex, 216 Campbell Avenue Southwest & 215 Church Avenue Southwest, Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia

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 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

Lancaster County Jail, 208 West Gay Street, Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC

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 County, SC

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Slave jail & quarters, Tudor Hall

Slave jail & quarters, Tudor Hall

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

County Jail, Oysterville, Pacific County, WA

County Jail, Oysterville, Pacific County, WA

Survey number: HABS WA-109 Building/structure dates: 1865 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

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

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

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

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

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

Milford Jail, Broad & High Streets, Milford, Pike County, PA

Milford Jail, Broad & High Streets, Milford, Pike County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-221 Building/structure dates: 1814 Initial Construction

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

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

Cuyahoga County Criminal Court Building, 1560 East Twenty-first Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

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

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

Fort Adams, Redoubt Jail, Newport, Newport County, RI

Fort Adams, Redoubt Jail, Newport, Newport County, RI

Survey number: HABS RI-347-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000014

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 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

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

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

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

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

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Ulupalakua Ranch, Jail, Ulupalakua, Maui County, HI

Ulupalakua Ranch, Jail, Ulupalakua, Maui County, HI

Survey number: HABS HI-47-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Beaver County Courthouse, Center & First East Streets, Beaver, Beaver County, UT

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

Beaver County Courthouse, Center & First East Streets, Beaver, Beaver County, UT

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 County, SC

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 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

Courthouse Group Area Survey, U.S. Route 13, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Courthouse Group Area Survey, U.S. Route 13, Eastville, Northampton Co...

Significance: Local government began on the Eastern Shore late in 1632 with the commissioners (or justices, as they later came to be known) meeting as a court. They gathered in homes of individual members or in... More

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