Breathitt County Jail | |
Location | 1027 College St., Jackson, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 37°33′11″N83°23′3″W / 37.55306°N 83.38417°W Coordinates: 37°33′11″N83°23′3″W / 37.55306°N 83.38417°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | c. 1934 |
Built by | Works Progress Administration |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Jackson MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86000271 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 21, 1986 |
Breathitt County Jail is a historic building in Jackson, Kentucky, United States. The Works Progress Administration built it around 1934 as part of their work in Breathitt County. The ashlar stone jail has a three-bay facade, stone chimneys on each side, and a central porch with an arched doorway. [2] Breathitt County Jail was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 21, 1986. [1]
Breathitt County is a county in the eastern Appalachian portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 13,878. Its county seat is Jackson. The county was formed in 1839 and was named for John Breathitt, who was Governor of Kentucky from 1832 to 1834. Breathitt County was a prohibition or dry county, until a public vote in July 2016 that allowed alcohol sales.
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