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Item Title
Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN
LocationWashington & Spring Streets,
Crawfordsville, IN
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER IN-17
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-2).
Building/structure dates:
1882 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1938 subsequent work
Significance: The Montgomery County Jail, the first of six rotary jails built in the Midwest during the second half of the nineteenth century, represents a significant attempt to answer the problem of human incarceration with an engineering solution.
Subjects
Brick BuildingsOfficial ResidencesJails
Related Names
Hinkley & Norris
Hodgson, E. J.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST
2. GENERAL VIEW OF EAST (FRONT) ELEVATION
3. GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTHEAST OF EAST FRONT
4. VIEW OF PORCH AND ENTRANCE FROM NORTHEAST
5. GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTH
6. NORTH ELEVATION OF REAR JAIL SECTION
7. GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
8. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING STAIRCASE AND NEWEL POST IN SECTION CONTAINING SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE
9. VIEW SHOWING FIREPLACE AND MANTEL, FIRST FLOOR SOUTH ROOM IN SECTION CONTAINING SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE
10. ENTRANCE DOOR TO CELL BLOCK IN CLOSED POSITION, NOTE SMALL DOOR TO RIGHT
11. ENTRANCE DOOR TO CELL BLOCK IN OPEN POSITION
12. CLOSE-UP DETAIL VIEW OF ENTRANCE DOORS TO CELL BLOCK SHOWING KEY-WINDING MECHANISM TO ROTATE THE CELL BLOCK
13. VIEW INTO BLOCK AREA SHOWING KEY MECHANISM, NOTE FLOOR SEPARATION AT THRESHOLD AND KEY-WINDING MECHANISM
14. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING KEY-WINDING MECHANISM FOR ROTATING CELL BLOCKS
15. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING FOOD PASS-THROUGH TO CELLS
16. GENERAL VIEW OF CIRCULAR ROOM IN CELLAR SHOWING STEEL SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR ROTATING CELL BLOCKS
17. CLOSE-UP VIEW SHOWING STEEL PEDESTAL COLUMN TO SUPPORT ROTATING CELL BLOCKS
18. DETAIL VIEW OF STEEL PEDESTAL COLUMN TO SUPPORT ROTATING CELL BLOCKS
19. DETAIL VIEW OF COG RING AND PINION MECHANISM TO ROTATE THE CELL BLOCKS
20. DOUBLE-TIERED ROTARY CELL BLOCK
21. TYPICAL CELL FIRST DECK
22. CELL DOOR AND CELL, DOOR OPEN
23. CELL DOOR AND CELL HALF CLOSED
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