ACCOMAC VIRGINIA
THE DEBTORS' PRISON
Lets
take a trip down the peninsula to Accomac county Virginia, which is
the
location of early settlement's from which many Sussex county and
Dorchester
county pioneers came to settle in the 1600's and 1700's .
The
historic Debtors' Prison in Accomac, Virginia was built in 1783
as
the
home for the Accomack county jailer. In 1824 it was turned
over
as
a debtors' prison until 1849. Selby Simpson was it's architect
In
design it is a small building, 18' x 30', one story, three bays,
built
with
Flemish brick and it sat on the southwest corner of a 70 foot
square
jailyard.
There are two chimney's , he east one is exterior and the west
one
is interior.
The
interior is typical of a small hall and parlor dwelling most
common
in
it's ere, having two rooms down stairs and two rooms in the
'attic'. The
lower
east room it the larger and in it's southeast corner is an
enclosed
staircase
to the garrett. There is a fire place.
Significant
is that it is the oldest municipal building standing in Accomac
county,
and a survivor of a typical 20th century building
which were once
common
on Virginia's eastern shore.
Source:
WIKIPEDIA .
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