An architecture of authority: the jail/sheriff's residences of northwest Ohio, 1867-1902

• Main Author: Bosworth, Frank Malin
• Other Authors: Environmental Design and Planning
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: Virginia Tech 2014
• Subjects: building reuse potential; LD5655.V856 1995.B679
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39505; http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10022007-144918/

This study investigates the historic development, classification, and reuse potential of the jail/ sheriff's residence building-type. Using collected data, the study examines fifteen buildings in northwest Ohio and develops a classification system for the building type. The historic precedents for the building type were investigated and traced to their English roots, namely I the county gaol that emerged from the Bridewell in the eighteenth century. The Jail/Sheriff's Residence is a heretofore unclassified building-type consisting of two primary parts, a residence for the County Sheriff and the county jail. The buildings are primarily located in Ohio and nearby States. === Ph. D.