- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Old Jail, South side of Wall Street, west of Cotton Gin, Braselton, Jackson County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Buildings Survey
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bennett, Glen H, historian
Diener, David, photographer
Lord Aeck Sargent, Inc., contractor - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Braselton (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
jails - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jackson County, Braselton, 34.10927, -83.76267
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 1 | Data Page(s): 11 | Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Significance: The Old Jail is a contributing historic resource in the existing Braselton National Register of Historic Places District and represents the law enforcement significance of the district. Located at the center of town throughout the historic period, this building served as the jail for Braselton during the historic period. The Old Jail is also architecturally significant as an extant example of an early twentieth century two-cell jail in northeast Georgia.
Survey number: HABS GA-2417
Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 01000384 - Local Identifier:
- HABS GA-2417
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga1042/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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