Herkimer County Jail
Appearance
Herkimer County Jail | |
Location | 327 N. Main St., Herkimer, New York |
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Coordinates | 43°1′42″N 74°59′24″W / 43.02833°N 74.99000°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1835 |
Architect | Easterbrook, Martin |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 72000846[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 14, 1972 |
Herkimer County Jail, also known as the 1834 Jail, is a historic jail in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York. It is a two-story structure with high basement, five bays wide, of ashlar limestone blocks with dressed quoins built in 1835. It features a gable roof with oval window and narrow cornice and a Federal style entrance.[2] Tours are regularly given by the Herkimer County Historical Society and a museum display highlights the cases of Chester Gillette (the "American Tragedy") and Roxalana Druse.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
Gallery
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Herkimer Jail, Herkimer (Herkimer County, New York), 1937
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Herkimer County Jail, Historic Marker, September 2009
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Diana S. Waite (May 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Herkimer County Jail". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-16. See also: "Accompanying six photos".
- ^ Herkimer County Historical Society, Come visit Herkimer's Historic Four Corners
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Herkimer County Jail.
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-249, "Herkimer Jail, Herkimer, Herkimer County, NY", 2 photos
- Herkimer County Historical Society website
Categories:
- Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state)
- Federal architecture in New York (state)
- Government buildings completed in 1835
- Infrastructure completed in 1835
- Museums in Herkimer County, New York
- Prison museums in the United States
- History museums in New York (state)
- Jails in New York (state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Herkimer County, New York
- Adirondack Mountains, New York Registered Historic Place stubs