Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26
Plans For The New County Jail.

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The plans of T. A. Mulleti & Co., ar
chitects, OF Washington, for the new
county Jail building TO be built in the rear
of the courthouse in Charles Town,
which have been adopted by the County
Court, are as follows, says the Spirit:
The front entrance TO the jail will be
on George street. with the entrance to
the iailer's quarters on Liberty street.
The face of the building is set back tair
with the front wall OF the new addition TO
the courthouse, which will permit of
grass and parking space in front of the
new building, and which will add ma
terially TO the appearance Of the building
and street.
The building will be two stories in
height, with the cell section for the men
prisoners in the rear, occupying the first
and second floors. The first floor OF the
Jail building will be occupied BY the cell
section, iailer's Office, stair hall corridor,
detention cell, fumigating room for clothes
and bedding. The iailer's quarters will
be composed of kitchen, which is large
enough 10 take care OF the requirements
for feeding Of the prisoners, dining-room,
wide entrance hall, pantry, parlor and
living-room, both parlor and living-room
fronting on George street.
The second floor will be occupied by
four chambers, hall and bath for jailer's
private use and cut off entirely by brick
walls from the remaining section OF the
second floor, which will be occupied by
cell-room for the women prisoners separ-
ate from the cell-room in the rear tor the
accommodation OF the men prisoners,
leaving the remaining portion OF the sec
ond floor to be occupied by hospital
cell-room, stair hall, large closet for the
storage OF blankets and padded CELL
room for the use OF insane prisoners,
with an entrance corridor connecting the
Jail with the second floor OF the county
court, whereby prisoners may be taken
from the Jail into the court for trial with
out being brought through the street.
The front OF the building will be in all
probability built OF red brick, with stone
trimmings, main cornice OF the building
being OF metal.
The section TO be occupied by the jail
part, particularly in the cell room section,
will be OF fireproof construction. The
cells will be constructed in the most
modern approved manner, with separate
corridor enclosed with steel grille be-
tween The outside wall OF the jail section.
which is called guards corridor. and used
by the iailer orhis deputy. The entrance
to each Jail room will be projected by
steel grille door and the exterior windows
10 the cell section will be protected by
steeI-baned window guards.
Each cell-room will also be provided
with shower baths for the use OF the
prisoners and each cell will be provided
with bunk, wash basin and what's known
as the niche type OF closet. The interior
walls OF the Jail section rooms will in all
probability be lined up with light brick.
The heating and ventIlating OF the Jail
section will be strictly modern and up-to-
date. The heating plant will be located
in the basement under the iailer's quarters.
The architects, in conjunction with the
County Court. have worked out plans so
that no window guards will be in view
from the outside OF the windows, and that
the prisoners will moi be able under any
circumstances or conditions 10 approach
beyon1 the guard enclosure OF the CELL
room to look out OF the windows on &C
count OF the guards corridor above men,
toned being between the guard enclosure
and The outside walls OF the room.
Bids will be asked for as soon as the
specifications are ready for the contractors,
and il is expected that work on the build
ing will be commenced in the early sum-
mer.