Old Turner County Jail, interior
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Old Turner County Jail, interior
Description
The Turner County Jail was built in 1906 as the newly formed Turner County’s first official jail. County records show that the first order of business was issuing $60,000 in bonds for a jail and courthouse. The jail was designed in the Romanesque style by Wagoner and Dobson of Montgomery, Alabama and cost $10,855.
An interior view of the old Turner County jail. The bottom floor was the home of the sheriff and the upper floor housed prisoners who committed the pettiest to the most violent of crimes. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The jail closed down after 87 years of operation in 1993.
Location: 241 E. College Avenue in Ashburn, GA.
An interior view of the old Turner County jail. The bottom floor was the home of the sheriff and the upper floor housed prisoners who committed the pettiest to the most violent of crimes. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The jail closed down after 87 years of operation in 1993.
Location: 241 E. College Avenue in Ashburn, GA.
Creator
Sami Mastrario, Turner County Project
Date
May 3, 2021
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Citation
Sami Mastrario, Turner County Project, “Old Turner County Jail, interior,” Turner County Project Digital Archive Repository, accessed May 19, 2024, https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/items/show/97.
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