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Chowan County Jail
 
Marker detail: Law Enforcement Officer at the Jail, 1972 image, Touch for more information
Marker detail: Law Enforcement Officer at the Jail, 1972
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1 ► North Carolina, Chowan County, Edenton — Chowan County Jail —
Jailhouse History The original Edenton jail was built in 1722 when the town incorporated. The present jail is the county's fifth. Ebenezer Paine constructed it in 1825, probably using 1773 plans by John Hawks, architect of . . . — — Map (db m224498) HM
2 ► North Carolina, Chowan County, Edenton — 7 — 1825 Chowan County Jail — Closed in 1975 after 150 Years of Service — Edenton Historical Commission Museum Trail —
When closed, the Jail was documented to be oldest jail in NC and discovered to be oldest, in use, jail in the United States. Typical Edenton NC This story, so like Edenton, is an excerpt from Roy Thompson's Mrs. Fletcher's Eden. The . . . — — Map (db m224420) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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