Pierce County Jail

	Pierce County Jail
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Taylor St, Blackshear, Georgia
Coordinates	31°18′11″N 82°14′24″W / 31.30300°N 82.24011°W
Area	18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built	1894
Architect	Pauly Jail Building
NRHP reference No.	80001221
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1980

The Pierce County Jail (also known as the Blackshear Jail) is a historic building built in 1894 in Blackshear, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 1980.

History

An old wooden jail burned in 1880 and a jail made of wood and metal was built in 1882. In 1894 a new two-story brick jail was built, with room for the jail keeper to live on the first floor. It was used as a jail from then until 1926. The building was then used as a city hall and police headquarters until 1976.^[2]

Photos

Front view
Door of the old jail
Side of the building (a one-story building once adjoined it)

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ NRHP form

External links

Media related to Pierce County Jail at Wikimedia Commons

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] NRHP form

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