Global InformationAndroscoggin County Courthouse and Jail information
Androscoggin County Courthouse and Jail | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | Auburn, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 44°5′52″N 70°13′38″W / 44.09778°N 70.22722°W |
| Built | 1857 |
| Built by | Albert Currier |
| Architect | G. J. F. Bryant |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003633 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 29, 1983 |
The Androscoggin County Courthouse and Jail is located at 2 Turner Street in Auburn, Maine, the county seat of Androscoggin County. The original portion of the large brick Renaissance Revival complex was designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant and was built in 1857, with a sympathetic enlargement c. 1915-20. The jail was expanded in 1970 and 1990, and is now accessed via an entrance on Pleasant Street. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 for its architecture and its association with the history of Auburn and the county, particularly with respect to the contentious debate over the choice of county seat in the 1850s.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.