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Built in 1906 of local stone with steelwork by St. Louis's Pauly Jail Company, this jail replaced an earlier rock lockup. It housed a never-used gallows and, most often, the sheriffs' families living rent-free; a federal order closed it in 1980.
Old Pickens County Jail is a historical marker in Jasper, Pickens County, erected in 1986. It is one of 12 historical markers documented in Pickens County, among 32 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.4697, -84.4312 near Jasper. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pickens County Jail (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Kirby-Quinton Cabin, Oglethorpe Monument, and Pickens County.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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