Old Liberty County Jail

Old Liberty County Jail (HMRXQ)

Location: Hinesville, GA 31313 Liberty County
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N 31° 50.736', W 81° 35.794'

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While this building was not Liberty County's first jail, it served longer than any previous jail. When in was built in 1892 the jail had "all the modern improvements and conveniences of a first class prison." Eighty years later it was condemned by Georgia Governor Lester Maddox as "a rotten, filthy rathole."

Although there is not record of its construction or its architect, it is known that the contractor, a Mr. Parkhill, had completed the two-story, three-bay brick structure by October 1892.

The interior of the jail is divided by a brick wall into two sections housing a bull-pen (or drunk tank) and two cells downstairs and two cells and the upper part of the bull-pen upstairs.

A new county jail was opened in 1969 and the Old Jail was sold at auction on March 3, 1970 to the Liberty County Historical Society, which eventually donated the building to the City of Hinesville. The Old Jail is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
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HM NumberHMRXQ
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Year Placed1998
Placed ByThe Liberty County Historical Society
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Date Added Sunday, September 7th, 2014 at 4:23am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 443556 N 3523476
Decimal Degrees31.84560000, -81.59656667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 50.736', W 81° 35.794'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 50' 44.16" N, 81° 35' 47.64" W
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Area Code(s)912
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 302 S Main St, Hinesville GA 31313, US
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