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
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
![[Richmond, Virginia Castle Thunder, Cary Street]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcmljaG1vbmQtdmEtY2FzdGxlLXRodW5kZXItY2FyeS1zdHJlZXQtMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/39/webp "[Richmond, Virginia Castle Thunder, Cary Street]")
[Richmond, Virginia Castle Thunder, Cary Street]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
Fort Buford, Old Headquarters Site, Buford, Williams County, ND
Significance: This was a very important place in the history of the West, not only as a place where prisoners from the Confederate Army were put on duty fighting Indians, but in later years the place where Sitt... More
Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...
Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2305, Approximately 700' West of Building T...
Significance: This structure is the only Prisoners and Guards Mess that was built at Fort McCoy (then known as Camp McCoy) as a result of the mobilization effort that was undertaken by the United States during ... More
Libbey (i.e. Libby) Prison from Union Hotel, Richmond
Stereograph showing exterior view of the prison with people milling about in the prison yard. A sailing ship is docked behind the prison. No. 873. Part of series: Photographic Incidents of the War. Forms part ... More
![[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1jb252aWN0cy13b3JraW5nLXdpdGgtYXhlcy1yZWVkLWNhbXAtc291dGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtODhmMmI1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolina]")
[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolin...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Reed Camp, S.C., Dec. 1934; 78-647." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musician... More
Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing an exterior view of the site of the Confederate military prison. No. 2726. Part of series: Photographic History: The War for the Union. Printed on verso: War Views. Original glass negative:... More
Cherokee National Penitentiary, 124 East Choctaw Street, Tahlequah, Ch...
Significance: The third and final addition to the permanent buildings of the Cherokee National Government, the structure served until statehood as the center of law enforcement in the Nation. As such it is an ... More
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, North side of State Route 130, West ...
Survey number: HABS WY-76
Major Andre House (Prison), Main Street, Tappan, Rockland County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31, FN-46, FN-48 Survey number: HABS NY-4-18 Building/structure dates: ca. 1755 Initial Construction
Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue...
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Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue...
Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More
The spirit of Tweed is mighty still "...and even yet you don't know w...
Cartoon drawing shows a ghostly William Marcy "Boss" Tweed standing in prison with a diamond shining bright despite his prison uniform and the fact that he had died eight years previously. He leans against a pl... More
New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...
Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More
New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...
Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More
New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...
Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More
New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...
Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More
New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...
Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More
Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of Sta...
Survey number: HABS CA-2683-A Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176
Philadelphia County Prison, Debtors' Wing, Reed Street & Passyunk Aven...
Significance: The Debtors' Wing was one of the finest examples of Egyptian Revival architecture in America. It was modeled after the Temple of Amenophis III, on the Isle D' Elephantine on the Nile. It was desig... More
The Bostonians in distress, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a re-drawn and reversed image of the famous British political cartoon where Bostonians held captive in a cage are suspended from the "Liberty Tree." Three British sailors standing in a boat feed the... More
Charles Street Jail Complex, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk Count...
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
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
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Haven Warehouse, Van Norden & Main Streets, Washington, Beaufort Count...
Significance: One of four original warehouses built in Washington to handle West Indies' trade. Used also as a prison during the Civil War. Survey number: HABS NC-209 Building/structure dates: 1820-1825 Initi... More
Officers of the Insurgent Army, prisoners in Postigo Prison, Manila, P...
Stereograph showing Filipino men behind bars in prison during the Philippine-American war, Manila, Philippines. H121231 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3524. Copyright, 1901, by H.C. White Co.
Richmond, Virginia. Libby prison - 19th century Virginia.
Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The Left and the Soviet Union. Is a broad-based left wing defense of S...
Public domain photograph of a memorial plaque, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison
Photo shows Pvt. Isaiah G. Bowker (d. 1864), Co. B, 9th Maine Vols. at the U.S. General Hospital Div. no. 1, Annapolis, Maryland. Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 2013. No. 5524. Erroneous capt... More
Bird's-eye view of Andersonville Prison from the south-east
Print showing Andersonville Prison, with the vast prison area surrounded by stockade fences and several banks of cannons in the foreground and the distance.
Hale Paahao (Prison), Wainee & Prison Roads, Lahaina, Maui County, HI
Survey number: HABS HI-37 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...
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Steedman-Ray House, 1925 F Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: A good example of a large town house with Greek Revival details, the Steedman-Ray House is one of the few remaining examples of its type in the city and is particularly noteworthy for its early us... More
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
MacDill Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, 2709 Florida Keys Avenue, ...
Significance: The Fire and Guard House, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character.... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, 2709 Florida Keys Avenue, ...
Significance: The Fire and Guard House, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character.... More
Lunatic Asylum, Bull Street & Elmwood Avenue, Columbia, Richland Count...
Significance: This institution was the first to give recognition to the fact that mental illness could be treated. Patients were placed in pleasant surroundings for treatment not kept as prisoners or animals. R... More
Lunatic Asylum, Bull Street & Elmwood Avenue, Columbia, Richland Count...
Significance: This institution was the first to give recognition to the fact that mental illness could be treated. Patients were placed in pleasant surroundings for treatment not kept as prisoners or animals. R... More
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
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
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
Louisiana State Prison Store, 703 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, East Bat...
Significance: The Prison Store is the only remaining building of the state penitentiary complex, located in Baton Rouge from the late 1830s to the early 1900s. Survey number: HABS LA-1140 Building/structure d... More
Louisiana State Prison Store, 703 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, East Bat...
Significance: The Prison Store is the only remaining building of the state penitentiary complex, located in Baton Rouge from the late 1830s to the early 1900s. Survey number: HABS LA-1140 Building/structure d... More
Akka (Acre, Accho). The crusader castle. Now the Palestine penitentiar...
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Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL
Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More
Cahokia Courthouse, Jackson Park, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Nitrate negatives. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS IL-26-31-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1716- ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More
Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 357, 20-22 Riverside Avenue, Leavenwort...
Significance: This building was one of a small complex of warehouses which comprised the Fort's Quartermaster Depot. From its founding through the 1870's, Fort Leavenworth served as the Quartermaster Depot for ... More
![Alice Barber Stephens - [The vicar being visited by his family in prison]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvdGhlLXZpY2FyLWJlaW5nLXZpc2l0ZWQtYnktaGlzLWZhbWlseS1pbi1wcmlzb24tMmYyYmQ5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/60/webp "Alice Barber Stephens - [The vicar being visited by his family in prison]")
Alice Barber Stephens - [The vicar being visited by his family in pris...
Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Vicar of Wakefield / Oliver Goldsmith.
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
Burlington County Prison, 128 High Street, Mount Holly, Burlington Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-191 Survey number: HABS NJ-340 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 86003558
Burlington County Prison, 128 High Street, Mount Holly, Burlington Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-191 Survey number: HABS NJ-340 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 86003558
Burlington County Prison, 128 High Street, Mount Holly, Burlington Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-191 Survey number: HABS NJ-340 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 86003558
Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE
Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More
Deer Island House of Correction, Hill Prison, Deer Island (northeast &...
Significance: Architecturally, Hill Prison is the culmination of the Palladian form of penal institutions utilized in Boston for over one hundred years. It is the final stage in the evolution of institutional ... More
Deer Island House of Correction, Hill Prison, Deer Island (northeast &...
Significance: Architecturally, Hill Prison is the culmination of the Palladian form of penal institutions utilized in Boston for over one hundred years. It is the final stage in the evolution of institutional ... More
Deer Island House of Correction, Hill Prison, Deer Island (northeast &...
Significance: Architecturally, Hill Prison is the culmination of the Palladian form of penal institutions utilized in Boston for over one hundred years. It is the final stage in the evolution of institutional ... 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
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Roosevelt Base, Administration & Brig Building, Bounded by Nevada & Co...
Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More
Roosevelt Base, Administration & Brig Building, Bounded by Nevada & Co...
Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More
Roosevelt Base, Administration & Brig Building, Bounded by Nevada & Co...
Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Prison, Suisun Avenue, west side be...
Significance: Building 84 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 84 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, the building served as the Marine Prison, o... More
Libby Prison - Print, Library of Congress collection
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![[Prison (project). Elevation] - Public domain architectural drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzAvMDEvMDEvcHJpc29uLXByb2plY3QtZWxldmF0aW9uLTEwMjQuanBn/40/24/webp "[Prison (project). Elevation] - Public domain architectural drawing")
[Prison (project). Elevation] - Public domain architectural drawing
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Plan of the Rebel prison pen at Savannah Georgia, Lt. S. R. Davis, C.S...
Detailed drawing of a Confederate prison camp in Savannah, Ga.
