{"nrhp_refnum":"69000152","name":"Old Wood County Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"240 W. Indiana Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Perrysburg","county":"Wood County","state":"OH","lat":41.55540145100008,"lon":-83.63118851099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick jail built in 1847 at 240 West Indiana Avenue in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, originally with sheriff's living quarters in front and a secure cell block behind.","why_significant":"The building combines Federal and Greek Revival architectural details, illustrating a provincial blending of styles far from urban centers. Few structures of this date, style and state of preservation remain in northwestern Ohio. Its construction also shows how a mid-19th-century county jail was made escape-proof.","narrative":"Built in 1847 on West Indiana Avenue in Perrysburg, this brick jail served Wood County and later the village until 1899. Its cube shape, symmetrical facade, tall narrow windows, brick eave courses and stone lintels and sills recall the Federal style, while parapet end walls between end chimneys, and the framed doorway with side lights, reflect Greek Revival influence. The contract was awarded in 1846 for an estimated $2,150, and small hand-made bricks came from a Maumee brickyard. The jail section was built to prevent escape, with two-foot-thick cut stone walls and floors, a bull pen with six cells, heavy iron-mesh doors, and a ceiling of walnut beams, concrete and planking. The county used it until 1870 after the seat moved to Bowling Green. Sold in 1918, the front quarters were later made into apartments. It is valued as a rare, well-preserved blend of two styles in northwestern Ohio.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Building contract awarded 1846 to John W. Woodbury, S. N. Beach, Henry Thornton, O. R. Carpenter and Daniel Lindsay; bricks made by the Hubbel Brick Yard, Maumee","architectural_style":"Federal and Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition, altered through restoration, occupied and used as a private residence; the sheriff's quarters were converted to apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.606088-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/69000152.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000152/418f712f99-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000152/418f712f99-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Wood_County_Jail.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Wood_County_Jail.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992058","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138773692"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wood-county/old-wood-county-jail-69000152/"}