Cambria County Jail

Cambria County Jail is a historic jail located in downtown Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

Cambria County Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cambria County Jail, September 2014
Location in Pennsylvania Location in United States
Location	N. Center and Sample Sts., Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°29′11″N 78°43′34″W
Area	1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built	1872
Built by	William Callan
Architect	Edward Haviland
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	80003450[1]
Added to NRHP	June 30, 1980

Architecture

It was built in 1872, and is a Gothic Revival style sandstone building measuring 56 feet wide, 100 feet deep, and 60 feet tall. An addition, (a new cell block) was built in 1910. The front facade features pointed drop arch windows and a pointed arch portal. The building also has a tower.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

In the media

Television

The Cambria County Jail was featured as a haunted location on the season 3 episode of Paranormal Lockdown, titled "Old Cambria Jail", which aired on Destination America in 2018. Paranormal investigators Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman spent 72-hours locked down in the jail to investigate the legend Michael "Smitty" Smith, an inmate who mysteriously disappeared from a locked cell on the night of his execution in 1884.[3]

Destination Fear produced Season 2 Episode 5 Cambria County Jail

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Mary Ann O'Donnell Parfitt (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cambria County Jail" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-06.
3. https://www.destinationamerica.com/tv-shows/paranormal-lockdown/full-episodes/old-cambria-jail