WPA-Built Jail in Bowling Green, KY

Concrete poured by WPA workers

The old jail in Bowling Green, KY,  sits next to the Warren County courthouse. I think the courthouse uses it as an annex for some of the county offices. It was built in 1939 as a WPA project. Concrete was often used for WPA constructions because it required the largest number of workers. The exterior of the building has some Streamline Moderne features, including the smooth exterior walls, the prominent horizontal and vertical sets of lines, and the flat roof. I took this photo on a memorably hot summer day in 2008.