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In some areas of the United States, a small, free-standing, one or two room jail building is known as a calaboose, meaning "dungeon" in Spanish.Calaboose were mainly used to incarcerate prisoners for minor crimes, such as drunkenness in public or fighting, or as a temporary holding cell for when a prisoner awaited transportation to a county jail.
Office buildings by quality [3] [4] Trophy or 5-star building: A landmark property designed by a recognized architect Class A or 4-star building: Rents in the top 30-40% of the local market; well-located; above-average upkeep and management; usually older than a trophy/5-star building
Colquitt County Jail (1915), listed in 1980; Carnegie Library of Moultrie (1909), listed in 1982, designed by T.F. Lockwood. [2] The district includes Colquitt Towers, a former hotel which was called Colquitt Hotel, a four-story Colonial Revival-style building with balustrade and urns on roof and on arched openings. [2]: 7
One plan was to situate a 2,000-bed jail in the parking lot for the Bain Center. [ 3 ] [ 24 ] Another similar plan included closing the barge jail. [ 25 ] In 2018 the city released plans to phase out Rikers Island over ten years [ 26 ] and replace it with borough-based jails. [ 27 ]
The goal for buildings in this style is to project an image of stability and success, while in fact a business owner may not have invested much in a building that might be temporary. Four defining characteristics have been suggested: the front façade of the building "rises to form a parapet (upper wall) which hides most or nearly all of the roof"
1926 Kress Building sign. The following is a brief description with the images of the historic buildings in Yuma. [9] Cactus Press-Plaza Paint Building and roof fixture – built in 1925 and located at 30–54 E. 3rd St. Listed in the NRHP on April 24, 1987. The Dressing Apartments – located at 146 1st. Ave. was built in 1915–17 and listed ...
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MD2 — Design found in Barber's Modern Dwellings and Their Proper Construction (2nd ed., 1899) ART — Design found in Barber's Art In Architecture (c. 1901) MD3 — Design found in Barber & Kluttz's Modern Dwellings: A Book of Practical Designs and Plans for Those who wish to Build or Beautify Their Homes (3rd ed., 1901)