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Baltimore County Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Baltimore County Jail, December 2009
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Location	222 Courthouse Court, Towson, Maryland
Coordinates	39°23′51.7″N 76°36′28.5″W / 39.397694°N 76.607917°W / 39.397694; -76.607917
Built	1855
Architect	Dixon & Dixon
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	09000644
Added to NRHP	August 26, 2009

Baltimore County Jail is a historic jail located at Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1855 and is a two-story Italianate style stone building, measuring 52 feet wide and 62 feet deep. It consists of a five-bay-wide warden’s house with a central three story entry tower. In the rear is a cell block with three levels of jail cells and covered by a gable roof. The warden's house and tower features a low pyramidal hipped roof and 30-inch-thick (760 mm) walls. Attached to the warden's house is a stone garage built in 1940. It was used as a correctional facility until 2006.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 26, 2009.

References

1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/24/09 through 8/28/09. National Park Service. 2009-09-04.
2. Charles Belfoure (October 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Baltimore County Jail" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

• Baltimore County Jail, Baltimore County, at Maryland Historical Trust

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