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 Rockdale County Jail - Conyer, GA Posted by:  Lat34North
N 33° 40.119 W 084° 01.011
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The Rockdale County Jail is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located at 967 Milstead Ave, Conyers, GA.
Waymark Code: WMDR2R
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2012
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The Old Rockdale County Jail is now a museum. It is open on the 1st Saturday of each month from 10 until 2.
"On January 20, 1872 the commissioners hired Mr. Addison Riley to build a jail for $2,490. This was a rock building completed March 1872. Unitl this time law breakers were jailed in Newton County or in a calaboose at Costley's Mill. In 1897 a red brick jail was built on Milstead Avenue, and that jail served for 71 years."
"A new jail was built in 1968, which served as a full time detention center/jail for over 30 years. The current detention center/jail was built in 2001 and now serves all of Rockdale County."
Source: History of Rockdale County
The corner stone reads:
Rockdale County Jail
Erected A.D. 1897
A.M. Helms, Ordinary
Building Committee
H. Y. McCord – W. U. Wallace
Jno. W. Almand Sr. - Jas. L. McCalla
B. H. Summers – J. C. Mann
Jno. H. Maddox – J. M. B. Goode
Golucke & Stewart, Architects
F. P. Heifner, Builder
Street address:
967 Milstead Ave
Conyers, GA USA
30012
County / Borough / Parish: Rockdale
Year listed: 1982
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899
Historic function: Government / Correctional Facility
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture / Museum, Organizational
Privately owned?: no
Hours of operation: From: 10:00 AM To: 2:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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