Turner County Jail

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Turner County Jail
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Location243 College St., Ashburn, Georgia
Coordinates 31°42′29″N83°39′8″W / 31.70806°N 83.65222°W / 31.70806; -83.65222 Coordinates: 31°42′29″N83°39′8″W / 31.70806°N 83.65222°W / 31.70806; -83.65222
Arealess than one acre
Built1906
Architect Wagoner & Dobson
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPS County Jails of Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, and Turner Counties TR
NRHP reference No. 82002490 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1982

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.

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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]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Historic Photos Crime and Punishment Museum
  3. Haley Blanchard (1981). "County Jailhouses of Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, and Turner Counties: Turner County Jail". National Park Service . Retrieved January 9, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) with seven photos from 1981
  4. 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.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)