Union County Jail

In 1822-23, the S. C. Board of Public Works had at least fourteen public buildings under contract, and Robert Mills, acting commissioner of the board, rejected a partially built jail made of inferior brick before proceeding with this one. The building was completed in 1823 under the supervision of Robert Mills, with Campbell Humphries as contractor, and the stone is said to have come from nearby Humphries Quarry. Experiences like this fitted Mills for his later career as Federal Architect and designer of the Washington Monument. The north and west wings were added in 1954 and 1960 respectively, with Robert Gibbes Fant as architect, and the jail was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Union, South Carolina · United States