Dawson County Jail

Dawson County Jail
Location HW 53, Dawsonville, Georgia
Coordinates 34°25′17″N 84°7′13″W / 34.42139°N 84.12028°W / 34.42139; -84.12028Coordinates: 34°25′17″N 84°7′13″W / 34.42139°N 84.12028°W / 34.42139; -84.12028
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 # 85002083[1]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1985

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]

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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 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


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