New Jail and Keeper's House, at South Boston, Mass.

Item Information

Title:
New Jail and Keeper's House, at South Boston, Mass.
Description:
Gridley James Fox Bryant designed a new Suffolk County jail and jail keeper's house to be built in South Boston, Massachusetts. The three-story Federal-style building in front of the jail was to be the warden's house. The Boston Common Council rejected the design for the house and accepted the design for the jail. Community opposition halted the plan to build the jail in South Boston, which was later built on Charles Street in Boston. The print is dated August 1845.
Printer:
J.H. Bufford & Co.
Architect:
Bryant, Gridley James Fox, 1816-1899
Designer:
Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874
Date:
1845
Format:
Prints
Genre:
lithographs
prints (visual works)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
GC002: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
Subjects:
houses
jails (buildings)
Rundbogenstil
proposals
Federal
dwellings
prison wardens
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > South Boston
Extent:
1 lithograph
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/194940
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Git of the estate of Dr. Sturgis Bigelow.
Identifier:
194940
Call #:
GC002.02.036