Steuben County Jail

Steuben County Jail

Steuben County Jail, May 2012
Location 201 S. Wayne, Angola, Indiana
Coordinates 41°38′2″N 84°59′57″W / 41.63389°N 84.99917°W / 41.63389; -84.99917Coordinates: 41°38′2″N 84°59′57″W / 41.63389°N 84.99917°W / 41.63389; -84.99917
Area less than one acre
Built 1877 (1877)
Architect Gibbs & Moser; Litzenberger & Zoller
Architectural style Second Empire
NRHP Reference # 76000035[1]
Added to NRHP April 2, 1976

Steuben County Jail is a historic jail located at Angola, Sullivan 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "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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