Turner County Jail

Not to be confused with National Museum of Crime & Punishment

Turner County Jail
Turner County Jail, now the Crime and Punishment Museum and home to The Last Meal Cafe
Location 200 College St., Ashburn, Georgia
Coordinates 31°42′29″N 83°39′8″W / 31.70806°N 83.65222°W / 31.70806; -83.65222Coordinates: 31°42′29″N 83°39′8″W / 31.70806°N 83.65222°W / 31.70806; -83.65222
Area less than one acre
Built 1906
Architect Wagoner & Dobson
Architectural style Romanesque
MPS County Jails of Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, and Turner Counties TR
NRHP reference # 82002490[1]
Added to NRHP August 26, 1982

Turner County Jail, also known as Turner Castle[2] and now the Crime and Punishment Museum and home to The Last Meal Cafe, is a historic jail building in Ashburn, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The building is located at 200 College Street.

The jail

It was built in 1906-07 as the county jail for the newly formed Turner County, Georgia. It cost $10,855 and was designed by Wagoner and Dobson of Montgomery, Alabama. It is a 44 feet (13 m) by 46 feet (14 m) brick building with "elaborately corbeled entablature-like cornices".[3] Its interior has arched corrugated metal and concrete ceilings.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Historic Photos Crime and Punishment Museum
  3. ↑ Haley Blanchard (1981). "County Jailhouses of Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, and Turner Counties: Turner County Jail". National Park Service. Retrieved January 9, 2016. with seven photos from 1981
  4. ↑ Haley Blanchard and Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. (July 13, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: County Jails of Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, and Turner Counties TR". National Park Service. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
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