Steuben County Jail
Steuben County Jail | |
 Steuben County Jail, May 2012 | |
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| Location | 201 S. Wayne, Angola, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°38′2″N 84°59′57″W / 41.63389°N 84.99917°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1877 |
| Architect | Gibbs & Moser; Litzenberger & Zoller |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000035[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 2, 1976 |
Steuben County Jail is a historic jail located at Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. It was built in 1877, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, brick and concrete building with Second Empire style design elements. It consists of an irregular main section with a rectangular prison wing at the rear. A porch was enclosed in 1961 and wing added in 1971. The main section is topped by a slate mansard roof and has an elaborate tower with a pyramidal roof and elaborate cupola.[2]: 2
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Janis Kepler Layman and Ina Hubbell (July 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Steuben County Jail" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs
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Categories:
- Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Second Empire architecture in Indiana
- Government buildings completed in 1877
- Buildings and structures in Steuben County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Steuben County, Indiana
- 1877 establishments in Indiana
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Indiana
- Northern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs