{"nrhp_refnum":"81000200","name":"Quitman County Jail","other_names":["Old Quitman County Jail"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Georgetown","county":"Quitman County","state":"GA","lat":31.885792285000036,"lon":-85.10961460799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick county jail on Main Street in Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia, completed in 1891 on the site of the county's original 1858 wooden jail. The builder and architect are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant in architecture for its fire-proof construction and plain styling, which contrasts with more imposing jails of the same era. It is significant in local history as the only county jail in Quitman County from 1891 until the mid-1960s. It reflects the nineteenth-century move to replace wooden jails with sturdier buildings.","narrative":"Built in 1891 on Main Street in Georgetown, Georgia, this two-story brick building served as the Quitman County jail for roughly seventy-five years, until the mid-1960s. It occupies the site of the county's first jail, a wooden structure from 1858, and sits between the county courthouse and city hall. The square building has arched openings, a stringcourse, a copper hip roof and an octagonal wooden cupola. Inside, a barrel-vaulted concrete ceiling with steel I-beams made it fire-proof, and the second floor holds a three-compartment metal cage. Its plain styling contrasts with the more imposing jails built elsewhere in the same period. The jail reflects the late nineteenth-century effort to replace wooden lockups with more secure, substantial buildings, and it was the main place of incarceration in a small, sparsely populated county. The Georgetown Garden Club has maintained it since its jail use ended, and a historical marker was dedicated there in 1980.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1891)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and in fair condition; maintained by the Georgetown Garden Club since it ceased to be the county jail. Alterations include a gas heater, wiring for electricity and modern plumbing.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.465713-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/81000200.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209314","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/quitman-county/quitman-county-jail-81000200/"}