Old Charleston Jail

Date of Establishment The Old Jail was originally built in 1802 in Charleston, SC and stands to this day in the Downtown area. It reined until 1939 as a prison, poor house, hospital, and workhouse for slaves at its full capacity to serve the town. Name & Location The jail has many names through-out history the two that stuck for the hundreds of years it has stood … [Read more...] about The Old Charleston Jail