Breathitt County Jail

	Breathitt County Jail
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1027 College St., Jackson, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°33′11″N 83°23′3″W / 37.55306°N 83.38417°WCoordinates: 37°33′11″N 83°23′3″W / 37.55306°N 83.38417°W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	c. 1934
Built by	Works Progress Administration
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Jackson MRA
NRHP reference No.	86000271
Added to NRHP	February 21, 1986

Breathitt County Jail is a historic building in Jackson, Kentucky, United States. The Works Progress Administration built it around 1934 as part of their work in Breathitt County. The ashlar stone jail has a three-bay facade, stone chimneys on each side, and a central porch with an arched doorway.^[2] Breathitt County Jail was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 21, 1986.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Powell, Helen (1985). "Breathitt County Jail". Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory. Retrieved March 26, 2013.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Powell, Helen (1985). "Breathitt County Jail". Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory. Retrieved March 26, 2013.

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