Dawson County Jail
Dawsonville, United States
Not open to the public
On private land.
The Dawson County Jail in Dawsonville, Georgia, also known as the Old Dawson County Jail, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1881 by M.B. McGinty, a builder from Athens, Georgia, it is a two-story red brick building in the Italianate style with a hipped roof. It was modified in 1931, 1974, and 1979. It is the county's third jail, after an 1858 building was destroyed by a fire set by a prisoner in 1865 or 1866.
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- Type
- prison
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Dawsonville, United States
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