{"nrhp_refnum":"06000845","name":"Effingham County Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1002 N. Pine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Effingham County","state":"GA","lat":32.37430846500007,"lon":-81.31590891699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Colonial Revival county jail at 1002 North Pine Street in Springfield, Effingham County, Georgia, built in 1935 on the northwest corner of the courthouse square and designed by Savannah architect Walter P. Marshall.","why_significant":"It is a good example of a combined jail and sheriff's residence, a common early 20th-century Georgia arrangement, and it retains its original room layout and jail works by Manly Jail Works. It was the county's only jail from 1935 to 1993, built with Public Works Administration funds, and served as the home of the elected sheriff.","narrative":"Built in 1935 on the northwest corner of the courthouse square in Springfield, Georgia, this two-story brick building served as the Effingham County jail until 1993. Savannah architect Walter P. Marshall designed it in the Colonial Revival style to harmonize with the 1908 courthouse, and the Manly Jail Works of Dalton supplied the iron cells. The first floor held seven rooms of living quarters for the sheriff and his family, while the second floor housed prisoners in cell blocks separated by race and sex. Funding came from a federal Public Works Administration loan and grant during the Depression, and local workers provided most of the labor. The original jail works, bunks, benches and showers largely survive, along with the fireplaces, floors and built-in cabinets of the living quarters. Sheriff Hubert Carr and his family lived there from 1935 to 1960. Since 1994 the building has operated as a museum, and a concrete-block garage from about 1965 is the only other resource on the lot.","period_of_significance":"1935-1956","architect_builder":"Marshall, Walter P., architect, Savannah, Georgia; Manly Jail Works, Dalton, Georgia","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Deactivated as a jail in 1993 when a new county jail opened; now operated as the Old Jail Museum by the Historic Effingham Society. Described as well built and in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.621465-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/06000845.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000845/9835582b1d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000845/9835582b1d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Effingham_County_Jail,_Springfield,_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:Effingham_County_Jail,_Springfield,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100006329","name":"Springfield Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/springfield-historic-district-100006329/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207913","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134298618"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/effingham-county/effingham-county-jail-06000845/"}