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Graffiti on the walls surrounding the main cell block.

Note with photograph: "The Old Spanish Trail (Rt. 90) from Monticello to Tallahassee FL is about the most beautiful place in the world in June."

Graffiti on the walls surrounding the main cell block.

Graffiti on the inner walls of the main cell block.

Served as Sheriff of Jefferson County in 1956 after her husband, Jesse H. Lovett, Sr., died in office.

Mrs. Alice Lovett accepts her appointment as sheriff of Jefferson County after the death of her husband, Sheriff Jessie Lovett. Her successor, J.B. Thomas (standing, glasses) and others act as witnesses.

Built 1911-1913. The cell block was added in the late 1920s.

The basement in the Monticello Old Jail Museum

This room often served as the bedroom for the sheriff (or deputy) and his wife while their children occupied the other bedrooms.