The Dawson County Jail in Dawsonville, Georgia, also known as Old Dawson County Jail, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] It was built in 1881 and modified in 1931, 1974, and 1979. It was built by M.B. McGinty, a builder from Athens, Georgia.[2]
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| Location | HW 53, Dawsonville, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 34°25′17″N 84°7′13″W / 34.42139°N 84.12028°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1881 |
| Built by | McGinty, M.B. |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | County Jails of the Georgia Mountains Area TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002083[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 13, 1985 |
The jail is a two-story 33 feet (10 m) by 26 feet (7.9 m) red brick, Italianate-style building with a hipped roof that used to be covered by "good heart-pine shingles laid 5 inches to the weather". The exterior walls are 13-inch (0.33 m) thick and its interior walls are 9-inch (0.23 m) thick.[3]
It is the third building to be Dawson County's jail; the first, built in 1858, was destroyed by fire set by a prisoner in 1865 or 1866. The second jail, with wooden walls and floors, had a "criminal floor" which was noted in 1873 to be "fine", but the "debtor's floor" was "not secure".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Dale Jaeger and Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. (1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: County Jails of the Georgia Mountains Area Planning and Development Commission TR". National Park Service. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ a b Dale Jaeger (1984). "Thematic Jail Nomination - GMAPDC Region: Old Dawson County Jail / Dawson County Jail". National Park Service. Retrieved January 8, 2016. with five photos from 1984