Fluvanna County Jail, Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia
Summary
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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Tags
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
Date
1933 - 1970
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
Location
Palmyra (Fluvanna County, Va.)
,
37.86010, -78.26453
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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