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Herkimer County Jail

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  • Herkimer County Jail Marker Sep 09.jpg

    Photo by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Herkimer County Jail Sep 09.jpg

    Photo by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Herkimer Jail, Herkimer (Herkimer County, New York).jpg

    Photo by N. E. Baldwin, Photographer via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Background

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

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Region

NY

Security level

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No

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