{"nrhp_refnum":"80000994","name":"Clinch County Jail","other_names":["Old Jail"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Court Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Homerville","county":"Clinch County","state":"GA","lat":31.03719071300003,"lon":-82.74874362099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick county jail on Court Square in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia, built in 1893-94 and later converted to a community center known as the \"Old Jail.\"","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant in architecture because it was built as a fireproof structure of brick, concrete and iron, designed by a Georgia architect and fitted by a Georgia jail works. It is significant in local history as the county jail from 1894 to 1927 and later a community center run by the Homerville Woman's Club.","narrative":"Built in 1893-94 on Court Square in Homerville, the Clinch County Jail is a two-story brick building measuring about 35 by 32 feet, with a hipped roof, segmental-arched windows on the first floor and Italianate-arched windows above. It replaced a wooden jail from 1872 that proved inadequate. Thomas Firth Lockwood of Columbus, Georgia, was the architect, and Manly Iron Jail Works of Dalton supplied the work, at a cost of $3,175. Brick walls, concrete floors and vaulted ironwork supporting the upper floors made it fireproof, which is the main basis of its architectural importance. The building served as the county jail until 1927. The Homerville Woman's Club then saved it from demolition and leased it, removing the cells. Since then it has served as a voting precinct, a U.S.O. center, the town library, a school board annex, and a venue for receptions and reunions.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Manly Jail Works/Thomas F. Lockwood","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a community center by the Homerville Woman's Club; the jail cells have been removed and the building was altered after 1927.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.127299-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80000994.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000994/e41d662502-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000994/e41d662502-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinch_County_Jail,_Homerville,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinch_County_Jail,_Homerville,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207545","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Clinch_County_Jail","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16890423"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clinch-county/clinch-county-jail-80000994/"}