{"nrhp_refnum":"02001291","name":"Candler County Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"349 N. Rountree St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Metter","county":"Candler County","state":"GA","lat":32.401180356000054,"lon":-82.06110664299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay, painted brick jail and sheriff's residence at 349 North Rountree Street in downtown Metter, Candler County, Georgia, built in 1916 with Colonial Revival characteristics by the local firm Fowler and Sage.","why_significant":"It is a good and intact example of a county jail combined with a sheriff's residence, retaining its original porch, doors, first-floor living quarters and a prefabricated jail works by Pauly of St. Louis. It also served as the county's only jail from 1916 until the 1970s, reflecting Georgia's county government system.","narrative":"Built in 1916 in downtown Metter, this two-story brick building served Candler County as both jail and sheriff's home. The first floor held the sheriff's family quarters, now divided into offices, while the second floor holds ten metal cells and two shower rooms, made by a St. Louis jail manufacturer. Original features include the metal stairway, pull-down bunks, metal doors, steam radiators and the front porch with its door and transom. Colonial Revival traits include the symmetrical facade, string courses and pedimented parapet. Local builders Fowler and Sage won the construction contract at $9,286. The building was the county's only jail until the 1970s, when a new jail replaced it, and it has since housed county offices. It is recognized for its architecture, as an intact example of an early twentieth-century fireproof jail with prefabricated cells, and for its role in local government and law enforcement. Renovations in 1996 replaced windows and lowered ceilings.","period_of_significance":"c.1916-1952","architect_builder":"Fowler and Sage Construction, Builders; Pauley Jail Equipment Co. of St. Louis, Manufacturer of cell equipment","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now houses county offices, including Emergency Management, Code Enforcement, Victim's Assistance and Magistrate Court; the jail ceased operating in the 1970s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.52929-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/02001291.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001291/50f0683421-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001291/50f0683421-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Candler_County_Jail,_Metter,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Candler_County_Jail,_Metter,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207210","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candler_County_Jail","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16955501"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/candler-county/candler-county-jail-02001291/"}