Alabama State Penitentiary

  • Also Known As: Wetumpka Women's Prison also The Walls

  • Vicinity: NE of Wetumpka on US 231
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Thomas,W.H. Architect
1840/00/00
1841/00/00

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Particulars for Alabama State Penitentiary:
Historic Use Animal facility
Sight Category Building
Criminal Justice Correctional Facility
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 8th May 1973

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Alabama State Penitentiary
Registry Address: NE of Wetumpka on US 231
Registry Number: 73000342
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local
Architect: Thomas,W.H.
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 3
Contributing Buildings: 2
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1840, 1841
Historic Function: Religion, Government, Industry, processing, extraction, Agriculture, subsistence, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Correctional facility, Manufacturing facility, Animal facility
Current Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function:

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