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Police Headquarters and City Jail

When designed by architect George Lafaye and constructed at 1417 Lincoln Street in 1913 for $65,000, Columbia’s Police Headquarters was said to rival Atlanta’s municipal facilities. At that time, the Georgian Revival structure separated men from women and blacks from whites while featuring a courtroom, offices, cells, apartments for jailers, a gymnasium and hospital, and stables for horses. Rehabilitation in 1997 into a modern headquarters complex retained the character of the early 20th-century historic building.

  • Police Headquarters and City Jail

    Police Headquarters and City Jail, 2018. Historic Columbia collection

  • Police Headquarters and City Jail

    Police Headquarters and City Jail, undated. Image courtesy South Carolina State Museum

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