The Ben Hill County Jail is a historic building in
Fitzgerald, Georgia, located on Pine Street. It was built in 1909 in the
Romanesque style, the first jail in the 1906-created county. It was designed by
J. Reginald MacEachron, selected by a design competition in which 14 architects submitted proposals for the county's courthouse and jail. It is two stories high on a raised basement. It originally had an elaborately corbeled battlemented tower, but it was shortened between 1920 and 1935. The south entrance leads to the sheriff's living quarters which was used by the sheriff and his family until the 1950s. It was used until not too long before 1982.
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1982.
See also
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References
External links
* {{Commons category-inline, Historic Ben Hill County Jail
Fitzgerald, Georgia micropolitan area
Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures in Ben Hill County, Georgia