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Coosa County Jail

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Built
  
1842 (1842)

Opened
  
1842

Phone
  
+1 256-377-2211

NRHP Reference #
  
74000407

Area
  
2,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
20 June 1974

Coosa County Jail

Location
  
Off AL 22, Rockford, Alabama

Address
  
School St, Rockford, AL 35136, USA

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The old Coosa County Jail is a former jail in Rockford, Alabama. It is the oldest extant stone jail in Alabama.

Construction of the jail was authorized in 1839, four years after the county seat of Coosa County was moved to Rockford. It was completed in August 1842, at a cost of $2,745 ($68,123 in today's dollars). The jail is 20 by 40 feet (6 by 12 meters), with a chimney on one end. There are two doors, on the north and east sides.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

References

Coosa County Jail Wikipedia