Pierce County Jail | |
Location: | Taylor St, Blackshear, Georgia |
Coordinates: | 31.303°N -82.2401°W |
Built: | 1894 |
Architect: | Pauly Jail Building |
Added: | May 28, 1980 |
Refnum: | 80001221 |
The Pierce County Jail (also known as the Blackshear Jail) is a historic building built in 1894 in Blackshear, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 1980.
An old wooden jail burned in 1880 and a jail made of wood and metal was built in 1882. In 1894 a new two-story brick jail was built, with room for the jail keeper to live on the first floor. It was used as a jail from then until 1926. The building was then used as a city hall and police headquarters until 1976.[1]