Overview
The Crime and Punishment Museum in Ashburn, Georgia, opened in August 2003 in a bucolic community of about 4,100 located along Interstate 75. The building — known to many as “Castle Turner” — served as the county jail from about 1907 until 1993. Miles Cribb was the only inmate hanged inside the jail. Today, visitors to the museum can see the trap door that dropped, sending the condemned Cribb to his death. They can also gaze upon the blood-stained collar he was wearing at the time he was executed and see a replica of an electric chair, affectionately nicknamed “Old Sparky.”
Quick Facts
- Status
- Existing
- Locality or neighborhood
- Ashburn
- State or province
- Georgia
- Address
- 241 E College Ave., Ashburn, GA 31714
- Postal code
- 31714
Visitor Information
- Website
- Official website
- Phone
- (229) 567-9696
