The Avery County Jail, also known as Avery County Historical Museum, is a historic

jail A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, English language in England, standard English, Australian English, Australian, and Huron Historic Gaol, historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention cen ...

located at Newland,

Avery County, North Carolina Avery County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,806. The county seat is Newland. The county seat was initially established in Elk Park when the county was first formed, but ...

. It was built in 1913. It was designed by architects

Wheeler & Runge Wheeler & Runge was an American architectural partnership based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The series of partnerships formed by Oliver Duke Wheeler also included Wheeler, Runge & Dickey. and Wheeler & Stern. Principals included Wheeler, Neil Ru ...

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

style. It is a two-story,

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...

ed brick building with small one-story wings and a cross-hipped roof. A one-story wing was added in the 1960s. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1999.

References

External links

Avery County Historical Museum website
Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Italianate architecture in North Carolina Government buildings completed in 1913 Buildings and structures in Avery County, North Carolina Jails in North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Avery County, North Carolina Museums in Avery County, North Carolina 1913 establishments in North Carolina {{AveryCountyNC-NRHP-stub