. History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial celebration,. H - 3JBL. The Present Jail and Sheriffs photographs by Charles A. Griffin, taken about i860. History of Beaver County 209 cost of about $7000; and at about the same time similar im-provements were made in the prothonotarys office at a cost of$6000. In 1901 the court-room was remodelled and beautifiedat a total cost of nearly $15,000. The erection of a new jail and sheriffs residence had beenunder consideration since some time in 1855; and on April 22,1856, plans and specifications for the same, prepared by
. History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial celebration,. H - 3JBL. The Present Jail and Sheriffs photographs by Charles A. Griffin, taken about i860. History of Beaver County 209 cost of about $7000; and at about the same time similar im-provements were made in the prothonotarys office at a cost of$6000. In 1901 the court-room was remodelled and beautifiedat a total cost of nearly $15,000. The erection of a new jail and sheriffs residence had beenunder consideration since some time in 1855; and on April 22,1856, plans and specifications for the same, prepared by J. , architect, of Pittsburg, were adopted by the Board ofCommissioners. On the 17th of June following, proposals forthe building of the jail and sheriffs residence were Rhodes, Poland, & Rhodes were the lowest bidders, butthey failing to give satisfactory security, the bid of TimothyB. White was accepted as the lowest and best, and he wasawarded the contract, June 23, 1856. The contract was signedby Wm. P. Phillips and Philip Cooper on behalf of the
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