Orangeburg County Jail

United States historic place


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


33°29′22″N 80°51′42″W / 33.489540°N 80.861552°W / 33.489540; -80.861552
Built	1857 (1857)-1860
Built by	Lucas, John
Architect	Jones, Edward C., & Lee, Francis D.
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Neo-Gothic
NRHP reference No.	73001724^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 2, 1973

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.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

Orangeburg County inmates are now kept in the Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Betty Myers (August 1973). "Orangeburg County Jail" (PDF). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
^ "Orangeburg County Jail, Orangeburg County (44 St. John St., Orangeburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
^ "FAQs". Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 3 July 2014.