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THE OLD STONE
JAIL OF CARROLL COUNTY The stone for the jail came from a quarry in Louisville and was brought up the Ohio River by boat. The steamboat bringing a load of stone was stuck on a sandbar in the river, (this was before the river was kept at pool stage by locks and dams as it is now) and the boat had to stay on the sandbar and wait for the fall rains to bring the water level high enough to float it off the bar (three weeks). |
| The first place of confinement was a pair of stocks setup July 9, 1799 on Water Street (one street below Main between what is now Fourth & Fifth Streets). At that time a stay in the stocks punished gossiping and slander. The former jail had experienced several breakouts and was condemned on January 2, 1877. It was ordered that a new jail be built and a tax of 10 cents per $ 100.00 property valuation was levied to raise the funds. Enough money was raised by January of 1887 to start the jail project. H P McDonaldson bid the contract and won the opportunity to build the jail. On March 1, 1880, the Stone Jail was turned over to Carroll County by the Jail Committee with the words "(we) now present to you the keys to the BEST PRISON in Northern Kentucky..." |
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The jail was in use for almost ninety years. In 1969 the Jail failed to meet the State of Kentucky's standards and was closed. The Old Stone Jail was scheduled to be demolished and was rescued by the Community Pride 4-H Group in its final hour. This group of students, in the late 1970's spent endless hours cleaning and making the jail available for visitors to tour. In the fall of 1983 Carroll County received a 50'50 matching grant from the Jobs Bill Act through the Kentucky Heritage Council to perform a historical renovation of the Old Carroll County Stone Jail. Currently, the first floor is open for view and the second floor is used for county office space. |
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THE OLD STONE JAIL |
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| CARROLLTON POST OFFICE | OLD SOUTHERN BANK |
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CARROLLTON INN Established in 1805 as the Point House was rebuilt as the Houghton House in 1884. |
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CARROLLTON INN |
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CARROLLTON
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CARROLLTON LANDING |
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Building built, 1891 housed the Siersdorfer Shoe Store. In later dates, it housed the Central Hotel, A & P Grocery & elegant apartments. |
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Built in 1872 as a general store, it was later used as the John Howe & Sons Bank. |
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Jake & Nellie Lee built the building currently the Cornercopia in 1922. Once known as the Poppy Shop was Carrollton's soda fountain. |
| SIERSDORFER BUILDING | BURKE BUILDING | CORNERCOPIA |
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| CARROLLTON CITY HALL |
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| LOCAL ARTIST STUDIO |
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