{"nrhp_refnum":"85002089","name":"White County Jail","other_names":["Old White County Jail"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"White County","state":"GA","lat":34.59792325500007,"lon":-83.76304861499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick county jail of plain Italianate design on Main Street in Cleveland, White County, Georgia, completed in 1901 at a cost of $4,000. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"It is significant in politics and government as a representative of the early criminal justice system in a rural Georgia county, showing turn-of-the-century changes such as brick construction for fire protection and a jailer's residence on site. It is also significant in architecture as a good example of the Italianate style used for a functional building, looking more like a house than a jail.","narrative":"Built in 1901 for $4,000 during the term of Sheriff William Jackson, this two-story brick jail in Cleveland, Georgia, replaced an earlier weatherboarded jail from around 1860 that was condemned in 1897. The plain Italianate building has a hipped roof, square brick pilasters, and segmental-arched windows with keystones on the front. The first floor housed the jailer and family, while prisoners were held upstairs. Brick was chosen for fire protection, and the jailer's residence aided security. The jail served as the county's only lockup for more than sixty years, until a new jail replaced it in the late 1960s. A pedimented porch, a rear frame addition and interior finishes were added later, but the central hall plan, four-paneled doors, some mantels, and exterior pilasters and windows survive. It is valued as an example of rural criminal justice history and as a jail that resembles a house. It now serves as a county office.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as the county Department of Transportation office; described as in fair condition. The jail was replaced by a new county jail in the late 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.633158-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/85002089.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206722","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_County_Jail","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16889777"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/white-county/white-county-jail-85002089/"}