Baltimore_County_Jail

Baltimore County Jail

Baltimore County Jail

United States historic place

Baltimore County Jail is a historic jail located at Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1855 and is a two-story Italianate style stone building, measuring 52 feet wide and 62 feet deep. It consists of a five-bay-wide warden’s house with a central three story entry tower. In the rear is a cell block with three levels of jail cells and covered by a gable roof. The warden's house and tower features a low pyramidal hipped roof and 30-inch-thick (760 mm) walls. Attached to the warden's house is a stone garage built in 1940. It was used as a correctional facility until 2006.[2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 26, 2009.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/24/09 through 8/28/09. National Park Service. 2009-09-04.
  2. [2]
    Charles Belfoure (October 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Baltimore County Jail" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.


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