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Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Location801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets,
Baltimore, MD
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS MD-184
Building/structure dates:
1856
Building/structure dates:
1905 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1958 subsequent work
Significance: Designed by Thomas and James Dixon, the Jail is a distinguished example of mid-19th century prison architecture.
Subjects
GuardhousesPrisonsStone Buildings
Related Names
Dixon, Thomas
Dixon, James
Blakeslee-Lane, Photographer
Miyamoto, Lanny, Photographer
Hunter, Wilbur Harvey, Historian
Ranney, F. Garner, Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey PANORAMIC VIEW, WEST SIDE Blakeslee-Lane, Photographer October 1958
2. Historic American Buildings Survey CENTRAL BLOCK, WEST SIDE Blakeslee-Lane, Photographer October 1958
3. Historic American Buildings Survey EXTERIOR, EAST SIDE Lanny Miyamoto, Photographer October 1958
4. Historic American Buildings Survey NORTH CELL BLOCK, WEST SIDE Blakeslee-Lane, Photographer October 1958
5. Historic American Buildings Survey GUARD ROOM, EAST END, INTERIOR Lanny Miyamoto, photographer October 1958
6. Historic American Buildings Survey GUARD ROOM INTERIOR, LOOKING TOWARDS SOUTH CELL BLOCK Lanny Miyamoto, Photographer October 1958
7. Historic American Buildings Survey AREAWAY BETWEEN CELL BLOCK AND EXTERIOR WALLS, SOUTH BLOCK, EAST SIDE Lanny Miyamoto, Photographer October 1958
8. Historic American Buildings Survey TYPICAL CELL, INTERIOR Lanny Miyamoto, Photographer October 1958
9. Historic American Buildings Survey 'NEW JAIL FOR THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND' Undated Line Engraving - Original in Maryland Historical Society
10. Historic American Buildings Survey 'REFERENCE...' FLOOR PLAN Undated Line Engraving - Original in Maryland Historical Society
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