{"nrhp_refnum":"86000368","name":"Chatahoochee County Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mt. Olive and Boyd Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cusseta","county":"Chattahoochee County","state":"GA","lat":32.30669775700005,"lon":-84.77543632399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, square, brick, fireproof county jail at Mt. Olive and Boyd Streets in Cusseta, Chattahoochee County, Georgia, built in 1902 by the Pauly Jail Company of St. Louis, Missouri.","why_significant":"The jail is a good example of a small-county-seat jail of the turn of the century, with brick construction, compact massing and Romanesque-influenced detailing. It differs from many Georgia jails in having no living quarters for the jailer or sheriff and no kitchen. It was also the county's second jail and its first fireproof one, and served as the only county jail from 1902 until 1975.","narrative":"Built in 1902, this two-story brick jail in Cusseta served Chattahoochee County as its only jail until 1975. The county contracted with the Pauly Jail and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, to build it for $5,000, replacing a wooden jail completed in 1855. A new structure was needed because of occasional overcrowding, the desire for a fireproof building, and a trend toward more humane penal facilities. The jail has a steel and concrete interior, plaster-over-brick walls, and arched openings showing Romanesque influence. It keeps its original prefabricated iron cells patented in 1874, steel plate doors and a large plate lock. Unlike many jails of its era, it had no residence for the jailer or sheriff and never had a kitchen. It is significant for its architecture and for its role in local law and government during a period of penal reform in Georgia. The building is now vacant, and adaptive use as a museum and records repository is under consideration.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Pauly Jail Company","architectural_style":"Romanesque influence (arched window and door openings)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and vacant; being considered for adaptive use as a museum and historical records repository.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.608111-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/86000368.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000368/5e302fb302-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000368/5e302fb302-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chattahoochee_County_Jail_(Cusseta,_GA;_NRHP).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley; SaveRivers</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chattahoochee_County_Jail_(Cusseta,_GA;_NRHP).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207377","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattahoochee_County_Jail","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28124291"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chattahoochee-county/chatahoochee-county-jail-86000368/"}