Herkimer County Jail | |
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Location | 327 N. Main St., Herkimer, New York |
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Coordinates | 43°1′42″N 74°59′24″W / 43.02833°N 74.99000°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1835 |
Architect | Easterbrook, Martin |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 72000846 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 14, 1972 |
Herkimer County Jail, also known as the 1834 Jail, is a historic jail in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York. It is a two-story structure with high basement, five bays wide, of ashlar limestone blocks with dressed quoins built in 1835. It features a gable roof with oval window and narrow cornice and a Federal style entrance. [2] Tours are regularly given by the Herkimer County Historical Society and a museum display highlights the cases of Chester Gillette (the "American Tragedy") and Roxalana Druse. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]