
About Debtors' Prison (Accomac, Virginia)
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures
The Debtors' Prison is a historic debtors' prison in Accomac, Virginia. Constructed in 1783 as a house for the Accomack County jailer, it is the oldest public structure in the county. It was converted to use as a debtors' prison in 1824, which purpose it served until 1849. The prison was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 1976; along with structures in Worsham and Tappahannock, both in Virginia as well, it is one of only three debtors' prisons in the country on the National Register.
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23438, Back Street, Accomack County, Virginia, United States of America, 23301