Dawson County Jail

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]

Dawson County Jail
LocationHW 53, Dawsonville, Georgia
Coordinates34°25′17″N 84°7′13″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1881
Built byMcGinty, M.B.
Architectural styleItalianate
MPSCounty Jails of the Georgia Mountains Area TR
NRHP reference No.85002083[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1985

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. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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. 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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