The Old Jail in Washington

Also known as the old Wilkes County Jail. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, the Old Jail is a two-story building that was constructed in 1891 by the McDonald Brothers Jail Building Company of Louisville, Kentucky. The building encompasses approximately 9,718 square feet (estimated calculation from Wilkes County Tax Assessors Office) and sits on .22 acres. The exterior design once reflected the strength of the building which can be seen in the square brick pillars, the shadow-box plaque and rough stone banding. Housing inmates for nearly twenty years, the Old Jail was abandoned and sat vacant for several years. There were originally eight jail cells—four on each floor. Information from https://www.georgiatrust.org/endangered-properties/old-jail/
Paul Bridges