Second Yadkin County Jail


Second Yadkin County Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Second Yadkin County Jail, February 2009
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Location	241 E. Hemlock St., Yadkinville, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°8′9″N 80°39′24″W / 36.13583°N 80.65667°W / 36.13583; -80.65667Coordinates: 36°8′9″N 80°39′24″W / 36.13583°N 80.65667°W / 36.13583; -80.65667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1892 (1892)
NRHP Reference #	88001113^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 21, 1988

Second Yadkin County Jail, also known as the Charles Bruce Davis Museum of Art, History, and Science, is a historic jail building located at Yadkinville, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1892, and is a one-story, two room, hip roofed brick building. It measures 22 feet by 36 feet. The building housed the county jail until 1928 and converted to apartments. The property was donated to the Yadkin County Historical Society in 1976, and restored for use as a museum.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Janine B. Cutchin (January 1988). "Second Yadkin County Jail" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.

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