Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 75000007 Added to NRHP 1 May 1975 | Built 1882 (1882) Opened 1882 | |
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Location 225 N. Washington St., Crawfordsville, Indiana Architect Hodgson, E.J.; Hinkley, Julian W. & Norris, James Architectural style Italianate, Gothic, Romanesque | ||
Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence is a historic jail and sheriff's residence located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1882 in two sections, and is a 2 1/2-story, red brick and limestone building in a combination of Italianate, Gothic Revival, and Romanesque Revival style architecture. The jail is a "rotary jail"; it is the only example of this type in Indiana and one of two left in the United States. The building houses a local history and prison museum.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It is located in the Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District.
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