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
First Jail, Pettit Farm, Dungeness, Clallam County, WA
Survey number: HABS WA-71 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction
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 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
On the stage - in person, Hardeen, brother of Houdini handcuffs and ja...
At head of title: Lyric Theatre, Beckley, Wed. & Thur., Jan. 29-30." Created by "Triangle Poster Printing Co., Phila." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic... More
Old Gaol, Nicholson Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia
Survey number: HABS VA-530 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Franklin St., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
Title from photographer's inventory. Jail. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11840-10F. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pu... More
Jail, Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia
Public domain photograph of Georgia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
Old Monroe County Jail, Main & Kendall Streets, Clarendon, Monroe Coun...
1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Old Monroe County Jail in Clarendon, Arkansas, is the oldest standing county building in Monroe County. The building was constructed in 1891-1892 b... More
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
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
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
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
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
![[Prison cell block, man playing organ, prisoners sitting on bench behind gate] / Tappan Adney.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvcHJpc29uLWNlbGwtYmxvY2stbWFuLXBsYXlpbmctb3JnYW4tcHJpc29uZXJzLXNpdHRpbmctb24tYmVuY2gtYmVoaW5kLWdhdGUtMTA3MzQzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "[Prison cell block, man playing organ, prisoners sitting on bench behind gate] / Tappan Adney.")
[Prison cell block, man playing organ, prisoners sitting on bench behi...
Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). BAR updated record 1989-1994.
Chicago Criminal Courts Building, 54 West Hubbard Street, Chicago, Coo...
Significance: This building of 1892 is one of the last works of a lesser-known, early Chicago architect, Otto H. Matz. Its blocklike form and heavily rusticated exterior recall something of the Richardsonian tr... More
Milford Jail, Broad & High Streets, Milford, Pike County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-221 Building/structure dates: 1814 Initial Construction
Milford Jail, Broad & High Streets, Milford, Pike County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-221 Building/structure dates: 1814 Initial Construction
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 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 Stone Jail, Cimarron, Colfax County, NM
Survey number: HABS NM-117 Building/structure dates: ca. 1864 Initial Construction
Old Stone Jail, Cimarron, Colfax County, NM
Survey number: HABS NM-117 Building/structure dates: ca. 1864 Initial Construction
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...
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
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
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
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Brig, Off of East K & Twelfth Streets nea...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-J Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
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, ...
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
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-93 Survey number: HABS MO-1334 Building/structure dates: ca. 1825 Initial Construction
Mexican Jail, Farm Roads 390 & 50 Vicinity, Independence, Washington C...
Survey number: HABS TX-263 Building/structure dates: 1834 Initial Construction
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
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 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
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
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...
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
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
U.S. Branch Mint, 400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - 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
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
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Courth...
Survey number: HABS TN-254-I Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alcorn County Jail, Taylor Street at Railroad tracks, Corinth, Alcorn ...
Survey number: HABS MS-233 Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bodie Jail, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: The town of Bodie was the result of a gold rush in 1859. By 1879, Bodie reached its pinnacle with Main Street being approximately one mile long. The typical building was a poorly constructed one... 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
Pottawattamie County Jail, 226 Pearl Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawatt...
Significance: The jail was built at the same time and designed by the same architects that built the nearby county courthouse. The original cell equipment is still intact. Unprocessed Field note material exis... 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
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
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
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
The jail, Philada. / Malcolm delt. et sc.
Print shows an exterior view of the Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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
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
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
Jail & Police Station, Moloka'i Island, Kalaupapa, Kalawao County, HI
Survey number: HABS HI-84 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002145
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 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
To the inspectors, directors, wardens, chaplains, &c. of penitentiarie...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 31, Folder 10.
Jail (1896), Philipsburg, Montana
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Municipal misc.; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roads... More
Franklin St., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
Public domain photograph of a historic place in North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jail Interior. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project... More
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
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
Chicago Criminal Courts Building, 54 West Hubbard Street, Chicago, Coo...
Significance: This building of 1892 is one of the last works of a lesser-known, early Chicago architect, Otto H. Matz. Its blocklike form and heavily rusticated exterior recall something of the Richardsonian tr... 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
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
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