Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Holmes County Jail

Mississippi architects N. W. Overstreet and A. H. Town of Jackson designed this 1936 Art Moderne jail in Lexington.  A PWA project, it cost $24,528, and $10,000 of it was funded from the PWA.  Holmes County erected a new jail facility in 1999-2000.  What's in store for this building I wonder?  It is both historic (a designated Mississippi landmark) and stunning in the simple design.  Maybe I could just renovate it and move in, living in half, and operating my research facility in the other half.  I will have to study on that possibility.  I wonder what they would charge me for rent?

Sources: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory; Mississippi Landmarks; "New correctional facility will replace 63-year-old county jail" (June 3, 1999). Holmes County Herald, 41(22). p. 1.

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4 comments:

  1. BethAugust 26, 2014 at 8:49 PM

    Even with the a/c units on top it is a wonderful design. Renovate it!

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  2. SuzassippiAugust 26, 2014 at 8:52 PM

    Agreed--I can screen those AC units in a nano-second!

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  3. Lana PughAugust 28, 2014 at 1:09 PM

    It just needs a rooftop container garden. Ornamental sweet potato vines make everything look better.

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  4. SuzassippiAugust 28, 2014 at 9:43 PM

    I love sweet potato vines--as long as the deer cannot reach them.

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