44 Saint John St., Orangeburg, South Carolina. County/parish: Orangeburg.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 02, 1973. NRIS 73001724.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The (Old) Orangeburg County Jail, also known as The Pink Palace, is a historic jail located at Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was built between 1857 and 1860, and is a two-story, rectangular, cement-covered brick building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a crenellated main tower and corner turrets. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s troops burned the building in February 1865; it was subsequently restored.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Orangeburg County inmates are now kept in the Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118998282