{"nrhp_refnum":"04000060","name":"Noble County Jail and Sheriff's Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"419 West St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Caldwell","county":"Noble County","state":"OH","lat":39.74720333500005,"lon":-81.51679246899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick and sandstone Queen Anne jail and sheriff's residence at 419 West Street on the Courthouse Square in Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio, built in 1882 by the local builders Mill & Summers to a design by J. W. Yost.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for its link to the development of county jails in the Midwest and its prominence in local civic life. It is significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of Queen Anne design by a leading Ohio architect. It also served continuously as a jail and sheriff's residence for over 100 years.","narrative":"Standing on the Courthouse Square in Caldwell, Ohio, this three-story brick and sandstone building combined a county jail with the sheriff's office and family residence. It was built in 1882 by the local firm Mill & Summers from designs by Columbus architect J. W. Yost, at a cost of about $9,478. The Queen Anne street front has an asymmetrical layout, a dominant gable with patterned brick and sandstone, stone finials and wood brackets. Inside, a thick masonry wall separates the jail from the residence, though the two shared stairs, a kitchen and a bathroom. The jail section remains intact, with iron cells on the first floor and two barrel-vaulted group cells above. It operated until 1998, and the Noble County Historical Society has since been restoring it. The building represents the combined jail and sheriff's house common in rural Ohio counties after the 1868 state prison plan, and it reflects Yost's architectural work.","period_of_significance":"1882-1952","architect_builder":"Architect: J.W. Yost; Contractor: Mill & Summers","architectural_style":"Late Victorian / Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a jail until 1998; since then being restored for use as Noble County Historical Society offices and a visitor center.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.956889-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/04000060.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000060/6a58f93980-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000060/6a58f93980-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noble_County_Jail_and_Sheriff%27s_Office_in_Caldwell.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noble_County_Jail_and_Sheriff%27s_Office_in_Caldwell.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005824","name":"Caldwell Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/caldwell-downtown-historic-district-100005824/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990795","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138646056"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/noble-county/noble-county-jail-and-sheriffs-office-04000060/"}