{"nrhp_refnum":"82002387","name":"Brooks County Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 S. Madison St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quitman","county":"Brooks County","state":"GA","lat":30.783957249000025,"lon":-83.56137481199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Romanesque style brick county jail at 200 S. Madison Street in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, built in 1884 by contractor Simeon A. Remington.","why_significant":"It is the county's prime example of Romanesque architecture and is notable for its fire-proof brick and concrete construction with an arched corrugated metal ceiling. It represents the history of law enforcement in Brooks County, including its use as a site of local executions and of prison labor. It was also the county's only jail from 1884 to 1980.","narrative":"Built in 1884, this one-story brick jail on South Madison Street in Quitman served Brooks County for nearly a century. Contractor Simeon A. Remington built it for $3,870, with another $2,000 for the steel cells, to replace an uninsured wooden jail that burned in 1880. Public pressure led the county to choose brick and a fire-proof design, including an arched corrugated metal ceiling. The Romanesque exterior has hood molds, a string course, pilasters and a corbeled cornice. Inside, a central hall with a jailer's office and juvenile cells leads to free-standing two-story riveted steel cells. Considered one of the best jails in the state when completed, it housed prisoners until 1980, when it could no longer meet fire and criminal justice codes. It is valued as the county's finest Romanesque building, as a record of local law enforcement, including executions and prison labor, and as an important governmental building. It is now vacant.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Simeon A. Remington","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant since 1980, when it no longer met state fire and criminal justice codes; county prisoners are housed in Valdosta, and the jailer's office is occasionally used. The county historical society has requested the building for a museum, but no decision has been made.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.36391-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002387.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002387/de6cd27778-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002387/de6cd27778-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quitman_GA_old_jail01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quitman_GA_old_jail01.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82002388","name":"Quitman Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/quitman-historic-district-82002388/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205866","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_County_Jail","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28401283"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/brooks-county/brooks-county-jail-82002387/"}