North Durham County Prison Camp (Former) | |
Location | 2410 Broad St. Durham, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°7′49″N 78°56′1″W / 35.13028°N 78.93361°W |
Area | 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) |
Built | 1925 | , 1944
Architect | G. Murray Nelson |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 98001573 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 31, 1998 |
North Durham County Prison Camp, also known as Durham County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, is a historic prison and sanatorium located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a three-story, T-shaped, Italianate style brick building. The building measures 232 feet long and has 17,000 square feet of floorspace. It features a three-bay, Tuscan order portico in the Colonial Revival style. The building was originally constructed to serve as a prison facility. It housed a prison between 1925 and 1938, was converted for use as a tuberculosis sanatorium beginning in 1944 and continued this function until 1953. It then housed WTVD Television Corporation until 1979. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]