{"nrhp_refnum":"80001004","name":"Colquitt County Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"126 1st Ave., SE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Moultrie","county":"Colquitt County","state":"GA","lat":31.17863629800007,"lon":-83.78666913999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Gothic Revival county jail with a tower, at 126 First Avenue, Southeast in downtown Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia. It was built in 1915 and designed and built by the Southern Structural Steel Company of San Antonio, Texas.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the jail is significant for its unusual Gothic Revival architecture, which is rare in Southwest Georgia, and for its continuous use as the county jail since 1915. It is described as a major local landmark and a symbol of law and order, and as the first jail of its kind nominated in Georgia.","narrative":"Completed in 1915, the Colquitt County Jail is a three-story building on a raised basement with a tower, standing one block from the square in Moultrie's business district. Southern Structural Steel Company of San Antonio, Texas, designed and built it for about $28,000 from county funds. Its cross-T plan is of concrete and steel, faced in oriental brick with Georgia granite trim. A battlemented parapet and crenellated corner turrets give it a castle-like look, and the tower, locally called the \"Buzzard's Roost,\" holds two solitary cells. The first floor served as living quarters for the sheriff or jailer, while the upper floors held cells enclosed in five-ply tool-proof steel. Original features included electric lighting, steam heat and baths. The nomination values the jail as an unusual local example of early twentieth-century Gothic Revival design and as a building used continuously for its original purpose by county government. Alterations include a kitchen addition, partly bricked-in windows, a 1970s exterior stairway and white paint.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Southern Structural Steel Co., San Antonio, Texas, Architect and Builder; Frank Holcombe, Superintendent","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as the county jail; condition marked fair to good, with a possible future transfer to the county historical society if a new jail is built.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.497375-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001004.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001004/31239380f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001004/31239380f8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colquitt_County_Jail.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:Colquitt_County_Jail.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"94000543","name":"Moultrie Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/moultrie-commercial-historic-district-94000543/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207636","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colquitt_County_Jail","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16890524"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/colquitt-county/colquitt-county-jail-80001004/"}