Camden County Jail

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Camden County Jail
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LocationNC 343, Camden, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°19′44″N76°10′30″W / 36.32889°N 76.17500°W / 36.32889; -76.17500 Coordinates: 36°19′44″N76°10′30″W / 36.32889°N 76.17500°W / 36.32889; -76.17500
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1910 (1910)
Built byStewart Jail Works Co.; Southern Jail Building Co.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference # 84001950 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1984

Camden County Jail is a historic county jail located at Camden, Camden County, North Carolina. It was built in 1910, and is a two-story, nearly square brick building with a high hipped roof in the Colonial Revival style. On the second floor is the iron cellblock or "bullpen," likened to that of a large metal box. [2]

Camden, North Carolina Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States

Camden is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Camden County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Camden County, a consolidated city-county. As of the 2010 census, the Camden CDP had a population of 599.

Camden County, North Carolina U.S. county in North Carolina, United States

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Colonial Revival architecture

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The historic jail is now home to the Camden County Board of Elections and Camden County's Museum. It is open to the public during regular office hours. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Stanley Little and Maurice C. York (December 1983). "Camden County Jail" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. "Camden County's Historic Jailhouse". Visit NC. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 4 December 2014.