- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the exterior of Greene County Jail, Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia, 1941 June]
- Date of Original:
- 1941
- Subject:
- Jails--Georgia--Greensboro
Architecture--Georgia--Greensboro
Municipal services--Georgia--Greensboro - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Greene County, Greensboro, 33.57568, -83.18238
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Greensboro, June 1941. Greene County "Gaol" or Jail was located at rear of the Greene County Courthouse. It was built ca. 1806. Its walls of granite are two feet thick. There was a trap door in the floor of the second story used to hang prisoners. In the 1890s this jail was replaced by the one seen at the far left.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_grn142
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:grn142
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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