Old Pickens Jail

Old Pickens Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Old Pickens Jail, February 2011

Location	Johnson and Pendleton Sts., Pickens, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°52′51″N 82°42′21″W / 34.88083°N 82.70583°W / 34.88083; -82.70583Coordinates: 34°52′51″N 82°42′21″W / 34.88083°N 82.70583°W / 34.88083; -82.70583
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1903 (1903)
NRHP Reference #	79002390^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1979

Old Pickens Jail, also known as Pickens Jail, is a historic jail located at Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was built in 1903, and is a two-story, brick building with a two-story crenellated tower. It was expanded in 1928 to provide additional space for the cellblock. The jail closed in August 1975, and has since been used as a historical museum and art gallery.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Jill Kemmerlin, Gwen Garrett, and Mark Schader (January 1979). "Old Pickens Jail" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 2014.
↑ "Old Pickens Jail, Pickens County (Johnson & Pendleton Sts., Pickens )". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 2014.

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