Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence

	Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	U.S. Historic district – Contributing property
	Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence, June 2012
	Location within Indiana Location within the United States
Location	225 N. Washington St., Crawfordsville, Indiana
Coordinates	40°2′38″N 86°54′6″W / 40.04389°N 86.90167°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1882
Architect	Hodgson, E.J.; Hinkley, Julian W. & Norris, James
Architectural style	Italianate, Gothic, Romanesque
Part of	Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District (ID92000183)
NRHP reference No.	75000007
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 1, 1975
Designated NHL	December 11, 2023
Designated CP	March 25, 1992

Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence is a historic jail and sheriff's residence located at Crawfordsville, Indiana. It was built in 1882 in two sections, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, red brick and limestone building in a combination of Italianate, Gothic Revival, and Romanesque Revival style architecture. The jail is a rotary jail; it is the only example of this type in Indiana and one of two left in the United States.^[2] The building houses a local history and prison museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2023.^[1] It is located in the Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District.

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence" (PDF). Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD). Prepared by Max Tannenbaum. January 14, 1975. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

Rotary Jail Museum

Media related to Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IN-17, "Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN", 23 photos, 5 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence" (PDF). Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD). Prepared by Max Tannenbaum. January 14, 1975. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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