{"nrhp_refnum":"82002462","name":"Rockdale County Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"967 Milstead Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Conyers","county":"Rockdale County","state":"GA","lat":33.668426459000045,"lon":-84.01728273599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick county jail with attached sheriff's living quarters at 967 Milstead Avenue in Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia, built in 1897 and designed by the Atlanta firm of Golucke and Stewart.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is architecturally significant as a purpose-built, fireproof jail by courthouse and jail architect J.W. Golucke, using jail works from the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis. It is also significant in politics/government as the county's only jail from 1897 to 1968. Its later rescue from planned demolition is described as the first preservation effort in Conyers.","narrative":"Built in 1897, this two-story brick building in Conyers served as Rockdale County's jail and the sheriff's residence until 1968. The first floor held the jailer's family quarters, while the second floor contained the cellblock, a drunk tank and a room that doubled as the hanging room. Fireproof construction, with corrugated arched steel and concrete floors and walls three bricks thick, reflected the penal design ideas of its day. Atlanta architects Golucke and Stewart designed it, and the cells came from the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis. After the county left it vacant from 1975, the Rockdale County Historical Society acquired it, restored it for $15,000, and opened it as a museum. Saved from planned demolition for a parking lot, it became the first preservation effort in Conyers and encouraged later projects such as the railroad depot. It is recognized for its architecture and for its seven decades of county service.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"J.W. Golucke and G.W. Stewart (builder F.P. Heifner named in the narrative)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a museum and headquarters of the Rockdale County Historical Society since 1975, after restoration; condition listed as excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.081756-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002462.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002462/3d58fa014c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002462/3d58fa014c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Tim Farley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rockdale_County_Jail_front_entrance_seen_from_NW.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Farley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rockdale_County_Jail_front_entrance_seen_from_NW.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90000947","name":"Conyers Residential Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/conyers-residential-historic-district-90000947/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209431","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockdale_County_Jail","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56284290"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/rockdale-county/rockdale-county-jail-82002462/"}