Ben Hill County Jail
| Ben Hill County Jail | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 Ben Hill County Jail (2015) |
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| location | Fitzgerald , Ben Hill County , Georgia | ||
| Coordinates | 31 ° 42 ′ 50.4 " N , 83 ° 15 ′ 0" W | ||
| Built | 1909 | ||
| architect | JR MacEachron | ||
| Architectural style | Neo-romance | ||
| NRHP number | 82002383 | ||
| The NRHP added | August 26, 1982 | ||
Ben Hill County Jail is a Grade II listed former prison in Fitzgerald , Georgia .
The county's two-story prison was built in 1909 by JR MacEachron in a T-shaped neo-Romanesque style. The masonry connection of the outer walls has runners made of red brick . The newer portico is a high floor, carried by rectangular wooden posts and has as its crown a balcony on the second floor. The windows of the south-facing front facade are in the Palladian style and have stepped lintels .
Ben Hill County Jail was the first prison in Ben Hill County, established in 1906 . The original portico and the crenellated tower are no longer preserved today. The prison was in use until the early 1980s when it was cleared for an extensive renovation . Ben Hill County Jail was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 26, 1982 as a Historic Monument .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Haley Blanchard: Ben Hill County Jail: Inventory Form . National Register Information System, National Park Service . Accessed May 31, 2016 (English, PDF file; 627 kB)
- ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed May 30, 2016