Steuben County Jail

United States historic place


Steuben County Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Steuben County Jail, May 2012
41°38′2″N 84°59′57″W / 41.63389°N 84.99917°W / 41.63389; -84.99917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1877 (1877)
Architect	Gibbs & Moser; Litzenberger & Zoller
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	76000035^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1976

Steuben County Jail is a historic jail located at Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. It was built in 1877, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, brick and concrete building with Second Empire style design elements. It consists of an irregular main section with a rectangular prison wing at the rear. A porch was enclosed in 1961 and wing added in 1971. The main section is topped by a slate mansard roof and has an elaborate tower with a pyramidal roof and elaborate cupola.^[2]^: 2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Janis Kepler Layman and Ina Hubbell (July 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Steuben County Jail" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs