Turner County Jail, also known as Turner Castle[2] and now the Crime and Punishment Museum, and home to The Last Meal Cafe, is a historic jail building in Ashburn, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The building is located at 243 College Street.
Turner County Jail | |
 Turner County Jail, | |
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| Location | 243 College St., Ashburn, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 31°42′29″N 83°39′8″W / 31.70806°N 83.65222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architect | Wagoner & Dobson |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| MPS | County Jails of Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, and Turner Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002490[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 26, 1982 |
It was built in 1906-07 as the county jail for the newly formed Turner County, Georgia. It cost $10,855 and was designed by Wagoner and Dobson of Montgomery, Alabama. It is a 44 feet (13 m) by 46 feet (14 m) brick building with "elaborately corbeled entablature-like cornices".[3] Its interior has arched corrugated metal and concrete ceilings.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Historic Photos Crime and Punishment Museum
- ^ Haley Blanchard (1981). "County Jailhouses of Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, and Turner Counties: Turner County Jail". National Park Service. Retrieved January 9, 2016. with seven photos from 1981
- ^ Haley Blanchard and Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. (July 13, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: County Jails of Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, and Turner Counties TR". National Park Service. Retrieved January 9, 2016.