Baltimore County Jail, Towson

Name: Baltimore County Jail
Address: Towson, United States

#19 among attractions in Towson

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Baltimore County Jail is a historic jail located at Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1855 and is a two-story Italianate style stone building, measuring 52 feet wide and 62 feet deep. It consists of a five-bay-wide warden’s house with a central three story entry tower. In the rear is a cell block with three levels of jail cells and covered by a gable roof. The warden's house and tower features a low pyramidal hipped roof and 30-inch-thick walls. Attached to the warden's house is a stone garage built in 1940. It was used as a correctional facility until 2006. ()

Built: 1855 (169 years ago)Architectural style: Renaissance revivalCoordinates: 39°23'52"N, 76°36'28"W

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Baltimore County Jail – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Recher Theatre, The Shops at Kenilworth, Doc, Towson United Methodist Church.

0.4 miNE
Dancing, Nightlife
Recher Theatre, Towson
10 min walk • The Recher is a concert venue in Towson, Maryland. It is located at 512 York Road in the building previously operated as the Towson Theatre, a one-screen movie theater.
1.1 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Shops at Kenilworth, Towson
29 min walk • The Shops at Kenilworth is a mall in Towson, Maryland. It has more than 30 stores. The mall opened in 1979 as the Kenilworth Bazaar. The original anchor stores were Stebbins Anderson and Hochschild Kohn's.
0.4 miS
Monuments and statues
Doc, Towson
11 min walk • Doc is the official mascot of Towson University. He is named after former sports department head Donald "Doc" Minnegan.
1.2 miNE
Church
Towson United Methodist Church, Towson
32 min walk • Towson United Methodist Church is a large United Methodist Church in the historic Hampton subdivision of Towson, a suburb in Baltimore County, Maryland. Its past, rooted in 19th-century America and subsequent growth in the two centuries since then, has closely paralleled the nation's political and sociological trends.
~1540 ftNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Towson Town Center, Towson
8 min walk • Towson Town Center is a large indoor shopping mall located in Towson, Maryland. It was the largest indoor shopping mall in Maryland prior to the completion of Arundel Mills in late 2000 in Hanover and the 2007 expansion of Westfield Annapolis.
0.7 miSE
Museum
Aigburth Vale, Towson
18 min walk • Aigburth Vale house at 212 Aigburth Road in Towson was designed in 1868, by architects Niernsee & Neilson, as a country home for wealthy actor John E. Owens.
0.5 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Towson Square, Towson
12 min walk • Towson Square, originally known as Towson Circle III while in planning, is an outdoor mall constructed between 2013 and 2014 in Towson, Maryland. The outdoor mall is estimated to cost have $85 million to be built by its developers, Cordish Company and Heritage Properties, Inc.
~980 ftN
Garden, Greek Revival architecture
Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses, Towson
5 min walk • The Baltimore County Courthouses are located in Towson, the county seat. The older, original Baltimore County Courthouse of 1854-1856 houses many of the offices of the County government, including both the executive branch and the legislative branch. The County Courts Building lies to the west, separated by a plaza.
0.6 miSW
Universities and schools
Towson University, Towson
15 min walk • Towson University is a public university in Towson, Maryland. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland.
~1310 ftN
Church
Towson Calvary Baptist Church, Towson
7 min walk • Towson Calvary Baptist Church, at 120 West Pennsylvania Ave, Towson, Maryland, was completed in 1929. It is a gothic building built from the stone, concrete and aggregate supplied by the nearby Campbell quarry, which had its headquarters on the same block.
1.3 miSW
Neighbourhood, Tudor Revival architecture, Colonial revival architecture
Rodgers Forge, Baltimore
32 min walk • Rodgers Forge is a national historic district southwest of the unincorporated Towson area and county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, just north of the Baltimore City/County line.

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Which popular attractions are close to Baltimore County Jail?

Nearby attractions include Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses, Towson (5 min walk), Sons of The American Legion, Towson (6 min walk), Towson Calvary Baptist Church, Towson (7 min walk), Baltimore County Public Library, Towson (8 min walk).

How to get to Baltimore County Jail by public transport?

The nearest stations to Baltimore County Jail:

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Bosley Avenue & Chesapeake Avenue Far-side Southbound • Lines: 51 (3 min walk)
111 Chesapeake • Lines: 83S (4 min walk)