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Fluvanna County Jail, Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia

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1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry

Significance: Located in the County Seat of Fluvanna, the Fluvanna County Jail stands proudly as a memorial to the unprecedented construction and growth in Virginia during the early 19th century. The jail, designed by General John Hartwell Cocke in 1828, was built at the foot of the courthouse green on a knoll, high above the Rivanna River to perpetuate justice in the expanding county. Now a museum, the stone jail laid in Flemish bond still stands as a monument to the history of Fluvanna County and its people.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N644

Survey number: HABS VA-1350

Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction

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jails galleries and museums stone buildings county government exhibitions palmyra fluvanna county va fluvanna jail fluvanna county jail palmyra fluvanna county virginia alexandra casserley john hartwell cock fluvanna county historical society historic american buildings survey k edward lay john d ligon meiko sato university of virginia school of architecture photo architectural diagrams library of congress
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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cock, John Hartwell
Fluvanna County Historical Society
Lay, K Edward, faculty sponsor
University of Virginia School of Architecture, sponsor
Casserley, Alexandra, delineator
Ligon, John D, delineator
Sato, Meiko, delineator
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Location

Palmyra (Fluvanna County, Va.) ,  37.86010, -78.26453
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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jails galleries and museums stone buildings county government exhibitions palmyra fluvanna county va fluvanna jail fluvanna county jail palmyra fluvanna county virginia alexandra casserley john hartwell cock fluvanna county historical society historic american buildings survey k edward lay john d ligon meiko sato university of virginia school of architecture photo architectural diagrams library of congress