Demolition of Washington County Jail

Title

Demolition of Washington County Jail

Description

Black and white image of a large backhoe sitting in back of the Washington County Courthouse where a building was recently demolished to make way for a new county jail. The county's first 'modern' jail was completed in 1970; it had been not-quite 120 years since the first jail was built in the county. Washington county in the late 1960s and early 1970s was the fastest growing county in Oregon.

Date Created

circa 1970S

Subject

Public architecture
Courthouses
Communities
Counties
Jails
Civic improvement
Public Policy & Administration

Place

Hillsboro, Oregon

Medium

black-and-white negatives

Identifier

WCMpic_012461

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum

Type

Still Image

Collection