{"nrhp_refnum":"82002483","name":"Bronwood Calaboose","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 118","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bronwood","county":"Terrell County","state":"GA","lat":31.832001415000036,"lon":-84.36272309199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wooden municipal jail, called a calaboose, built about 1900 on First Street (State Highway 118) in Bronwood, Terrell County, Georgia. It is a one-story, gable-roofed building measuring 16 by 9 feet.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the calaboose is a rare, intact example of a turn-of-the-century wooden municipal jail, unlike the larger brick county jails common in Georgia. It is also the only remaining evidence of historic municipal law enforcement in Bronwood, where it served as an overnight holding jail until 1954.","narrative":"Bronwood's calaboose is a small wooden jail built around 1900 on First Street in Terrell County, Georgia. The one-story, gable-roofed building measures 16 by 9 feet and rests on soft brick piers. Its heavy sawn timber frame is covered in weatherboard, and the roof is corrugated metal. Two plank doors, fastened with cut and crimped nails, open into two identical rough-plank cells, each with one small barred window in a gable end. The jail was used until 1954 as a holding facility where the local marshal kept prisoners overnight until they could be taken to the county jail. It was listed for its architecture and its role in local law enforcement. It is a rare, intact example of a modest wooden municipal jail, a building type once found in many small Georgia towns, in contrast to the larger brick county jails. It is also the only remaining evidence of Bronwood's historic municipal law enforcement.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied, in fair condition, unaltered and on its original site; the present use is given as storage. It is owned by the City of Bronwood.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.450033-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002483.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209592","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronwood_Calaboose","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48838697"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/terrell-county/bronwood-calaboose-82002483/"}