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 | |
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| Location | 200 College St., Ashburn, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 31°42′29″N 83°39′8″W |
| 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 No. | 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]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Historic Photos Crime and Punishment Museum
- 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
- 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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