Enjoy a guided tour led by the jailers of the St. Augustine Old Jail Museum. This family-friendly tour includes the prisoners’ cells, maximum security, gallows and sheriff’s quarters..

 

EXPERIENCE:

St. Augustine’s Old Jail was built in 1891 and held prisoners for over 60 years. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this old jail is testament to a bygone age in American culture. Enjoy this compelling tour of the jail, led by an expert guide.

Glimpse the cell blocks, gallows, and sheriff’s quarters. Your guided tour includes a close-up view of the men and women’s quarters, maximum security, as well as a collection of weapons. Learn about the living conditions of the jail, and see where death-row prisoners were kept.

You will see where the sheriff and his wife and children lived right upstairs from the prisoners. Learn about how they used their kitchen to prepare meals for the inmates.

The Old Jail deputies will entertain you with tales of justice and punishment when Florida was America’s southernmost frontier. You might even meet America’s most feared sheriff–Joe Perry.

For ghost enthusiasts (age 13+), choose the Jail After Dark Paranormal Tour option and join expert professionals on a late-night paranormal investigation using the latest ghost hunting equipment. Uncover the secrets of the Old Jail, St Augustine’s most haunted building.

 

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Meet Sheriff Joe Perry who’ll explain how executions were held in the gallows
Walk through the prisoners cells and visit the maximum security cells
See where the warden and his family lived just footsteps away
Learn how the Old Jail helped shape St. Augustine’s history
Guests age 13+ can upgrade to the late-night Paranormal Investigation Tour

 

 

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