Front of the Old Jail Museum

Photograph

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1980.001.0172

Description

8"h x 10"w black and white landscape oriented photo of the front and courthouse side of the Old Jail. The photographer is a few steps closer to the building than 1980.001.0171. The building was a rectangle; stone on the first floor, brick on the second and had a hipped roof with a small overhang. The roof material was cedar shakes. There were small inside end chimneys on each narrow elevation of the building. The chimney on the right had a lightning rod. There were three windows on the second floor front, one on the near corner of the narrow side, two on the first floor, a center door, and no windows on the first floor narrow end. All the shutters were open. The door had a very small window and a very narrow transom window. There were fluted wood pilasters on each side of the door and a flat wood lintel over the entry. A sign above the door said "St. Mary's County Historical Society." There were two numeral ones on the right side of the door--presumably the address was 11 Courthouse Drive. A low brick wall was barely visible on the left; it separated the street from the courthouse lawn. A low hedge divided the Old Jail from the courthouse lawn and a cannon was mounted on a brick support in the center of the hedge. There were cherry? trees on the courthouse lawn. There was a building across the street on the left and a few cars were barely visible behind the Jail. ************************************ Text on verso: none

Collection

Miscellaneous Donated Photographs Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1965 - 1980

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Print Size: 8" x 10"

Location

Container

Miscellaneous Donated Photographs Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 17, Shelf 2

Rack

Rack 17

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall