ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Jail Museum-Goochland County Historical Society, Goochland Virginia</title> <meta name="KEYWORDS" content="Goochland, Historical, Society, history, Virginia, museum, jail"> <meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="Goochland County Historical Society, Goochland Virginia"> <meta name="Microsoft Border" content="tlb, default"> </head> <body background="../Images/parchment.jpg"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <table width="702" height="1"> <tr> <td width="110" height="85"><p align="center"><img src="../Images/GoochCrest119x131Transparent.gif" alt="Image Gooch Crest" width="119" height="131"></td> <td width="584" height="85"><p align="center"><strong><font face="Goudy Old Style" color="#800040" size="6">Goochland County Historical Society<br> </font><font face="Goudy Old Style" color="#800040" size="5">Goochland, Virginia </font></strong></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><img src="../Images/h_rule.jpg" alt="Image Border Bar" 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<tr> <td align="right" valign="middle" width="103" height="50"><strong><small><font color="#800040" size="3" face="Goudy Old Style"><a href="GoochlandCountyVa.htm">About Goochland </a></font></small></strong></td> </tr> <tr> </tr> </table> <p> </p></td> <td valign="top" width="17"></td> <td width="917" valign="top"> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="90%"><div align="center"> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" valign="top" cellspacing="0" width="102%"> <tr> <td width="85%"><font size="2"> <div align="center"> <h1><font color="#800040" size="4" face="Goudy Old Style"><strong>THE OLD STONE JAIL </strong></font> </h1> </div> <p align="center"> </font></td> <tr valign="top"> <td width="75%"><p align="left" valign="top"><font face="Goudy Old Style" color="#800040" size="3"> Though founded in 1968, the Society had no home until, in 1980, the Goochland Board of Supervisors gave permission for the Society to adapt the Old Stone Jail (c. 1833) on the Courthouse Green into a museum and library. <img src="../Images/JailPic.jpg" align="left" alt="Goochland County Jail - Built in 1836" hspace="15" vspace="15" width="315" height="234">From 1980 to 1997, the Jail served as the first headquarters building for the Society. The Jail was constructed when the James River & Kanawaha Canal was being built westward along the James River. River stones were brought up the hill to the site. After the building was no longer used as a jail, restoration resulted in the removal of all the original cells and iron bars and fittings. <br> <br> The <strong>Jail </strong> is located on the Courthouse Green at Goochland Court House, Goochland, Virginia on State Route 6, approximately 25 miles west of Richmond's Capitol Square. <a href="Directions.htm">Directions</a><br> <br> Hours: Open by appointment. Call for information.<br> <br> </font></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> </div></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="center"><img SRC="../Images/h_rule.jpg" alt="Image Border Bar" width="100%" height="4" BORDER="0"> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="95%" align="center"><strong><font face="Goudy Old Style" color="#800040"> <font size="3">P.O. Box 602, Goochland, VA 23063 TELEPHONE: 1-804-556-3966</font></font><font face="Goudy Old Style" size="2"> </font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="95%" align="center"><strong><font face="Goudy Old Style" size="3" color="#800040">Contact us at:</font><font face="Goudy Old Style" size="3"> <a href="mailto:goochlandhistory@verizon.net?subject=GCHS">Goochland County Historical Society</a> </font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="95%" align="center"><strong><font face="Goudy Old Style" size="2" color="#800040"> <font face="Goudy Old Style" size="2">Copyright © 2001-2005 Goochland County Historical Society All Rights Reserved </font></font></strong></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <tr> <td> </tr> </body> </html>