BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Warrenton -- Old Jail Museum

VA -- Warrenton -- Old Jail Museum:

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2. WARJAI_061217_011.JPG: Norden bombsight. I have no idea why it was in this museum.
3. WARJAI_061217_017.JPG: This is the old jail. It was converted to house the jail keeper.
4. WARJAI_061217_058.JPG: Wine-making operation
5. WARJAI_061217_065.JPG: Linotype
6. WARJAI_061217_069.JPG: 1823 Jail Cell: By 1823, the county commissioners felt the jail was inadequate -- it was too small and on-site housing for the jailer was needed. To solve these problems, this stone building was constructed with four cells, while all the first brick building was remodeled into quarters for the jailer and his family. Beyond this steel door is one of the 1823 jail cells, with original walls and ceiling. The floor was originally dirt, but later a wood floor was added along with horizontal "weather boarding" and a pot-belied stove for warmth. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, plumbing, electricity, a furnace, and cement flooring was installed.
7. WARJAI_061217_074.JPG: 1823 jail cell
8. WARJAI_061217_077.JPG: Leg irons
9. WARJAI_061217_080.JPG: Black Jack
10. WARJAI_061217_133.JPG: Exercise yard
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Description of Subject Matter: Warrenton's former jail is a singular example of the state's early county penal architecture. The complex includes the 1808 brick jail, converted to the jailer's residence and completed in 1823, and the parallel 1823 stone jail with its high-walled jail-yard. Located next to the courthouse, the jail provides a telling picture of conditions endured by inmates of such county facilities. A jail was built for the county in 1779, but it proved to be inadequate within a number of years. The more substantial brick structure was finished in 1808, and on October 24 the keys to the new jail were turned over to the sheriff. With the completion of the stone jail and its plank-lined cells, the resulting two-part building served the county until 1966. The complex is now maintained by the Fauquier County Historical Society as a county history museum.

The above was from http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/journey/old.htm
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