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Breathitt County Jail

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Built
  
c. 1934

NRHP Reference #
  
86000271

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

MPS
  
Jackson MRA

Area
  
800 m²

Added to NRHP
  
21 February 1986

Breathitt County Jail

Location
  
1027 College St., Jackson, Kentucky

Built by
  
Works Progress Administration

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Breathitt County Jail is a jail in Jackson, Kentucky. The Works Progress Administration built the jail around 1934 as part of their work in Breathitt County. The ashlar stone jail has a three-bay facade, stone chimneys on each side, and a central porch with an arched doorway.

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Breathitt County Jail was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 21, 1986.

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References

Breathitt County Jail Wikipedia


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