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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