327 N. Main St., Herkimer, New York. County/parish: Herkimer.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 14, 1972. NRIS 72000846.
1 contributing building.
Herkimer County Jail, also known as the 1834 Jail, is a historic jail in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York. It is a two-story structure with high basement, five bays wide, of ashlar limestone blocks with dressed quoins built in 1835. It features a gable roof with oval window and narrow cornice and a Federal style entrance. Tours are regularly given by the Herkimer County Historical Society and a museum display highlights the cases of Chester Gillette (the "American Tragedy") and Roxalana Druse.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318142