Old postcard of the Men's building which
burned in 1910
Georgia State Prison Farm
1899-1937
Was located on the Macon Road (Hwy 22). 4,000
acres of land was purchased from Captain T.F. Newell in 1898. Was
created in 1899 for aged, infirm and juvenile convicts. In 1901 the
youngest prisoner was 9 year old Arthur Steele from Fulton County. The
State Reformatory for boys was established in 1906 and is still in operation
on Hwy. 22 as Bill Ireland Youth Development Center. Men and Women
were imprisoned here. Captain Kichen A. Foster was the first superintendant
of the prison farm when it opened in May 1899. Encompassing about 4,000
acres, 1,000 of those acres were planted in cotton the first year which
became profitable. Bill Miner, Leo Frank and Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles
were among the famous prisoners here.
Georgia's
First Electric Chair
List
of Electrocutions
This men's building built in 1911,
replaced the one burned in 1910.
State Prison Farm early 1920's
Prison Farm Building 2006
photographed by Eileen Babb
McAdams
Old
State Prison Cemetery (link)
Eileen Babb McAdams copyright 2002
