Herkimer County Jail Explained

Herkimer County Jail
Location:327 N. Main St., Herkimer, New York
Coordinates:43.0283°N -74.99°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Herkimer County Jail
Built:1835
Architect:Easterbrook, Martin
Architecture:Federal
Added:January 14, 1972
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:72000846

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.[1] 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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Herkimer County Jail. May 1971. 2010-01-16 . Diana S. Waite. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying six photos.
  2. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyhchs/museum.html Herkimer County Historical Society, Come visit Herkimer's Historic Four Corners