Camden County Jail

United States historic place


Camden County Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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36°19′44″N 76°10′30″W / 36.32889°N 76.17500°W / 36.32889; -76.17500
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1910 (1910)
Built by	Stewart Jail Works Co.; Southern Jail Building Co.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	84001950^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 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]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ 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.
^ "Camden County's Historic Jailhouse". Visit NC. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 4 December 2014.