Pierce County Jail

Pierce County Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
31°18′11″N 82°14′24″W / 31.30300°N 82.24011°W / 31.30300; -82.24011
Area	18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built	1894
Architect	Pauly Jail Building
NRHP reference No.	80001221[1]
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1980

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.^[2]

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  Front view
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  Door of the old jail
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  Side of the building (a one-story building once adjoined it)

• Blackshear Prison

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