Or just pick up keys from nearby businesses and show yourself in and out
John Fortuna (left) and Thomas Gresham worked together to help turn the county’s old jail into a museum. (Photo/Jack Casey)
Rusty handcuffs dangle from one of the cells at the old Oglethorpe County Jail, which was built in 1879 and became a museum in 2012. (Photo/Jack Casey)
Thomas Gresham looks at a photo taken of the exterior of the jail before it was painted and restored. It was opened as a museum in 2012. (Photo/Jack Casey)
The signage in the old Oglethorpe County Jail was done by John Fortuna's team at Bennett Graphics. Fortuna and Tom Gresham worked to pare down years of research into key nuggets of information. (Photo/Jack Casey)
It’s easy to come and go as you please from the Historic Oglethorpe County Jail these days, which is in stark contrast to when the imposing brick and granite structure housed prisoners for nearly...
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