SCRATCH KITCHEN WITH AN EVER-CHANGING SEASONAL MENU & ARTISANAL CRAFT COCKAILS

DINE BEHIND BARS IN A POLISHED, CASUAL ATMOSPHERE WITHIN THE OLD JAIL IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SANFORD, FLORIDA

SEMINOLE COUNTY JAIL

CA. 1914 - CA. 1959

SEMINOLE COUNTY WAS CREATED ON APRIL 25, 1913 BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE, AND WAS NAMED FOR THE NATIVE SEMINOLE TRIBE, WHO HISTORICALLY LIVED THROUGHOUT THE AREA​

IN 1914, THE RECENTLY CREATED SEMINOLE COUNTY ACQUIRED THE BUILDING AND CONVERTED IT FOR USE AS A JAIL. AT THIS TIME, THE PRIOR STOREFRONT WAS ENCLOSED WITH BRICK, CONTAINING A SINGLE ENTRY DOOR WITH TRANSOM, FLANKED BY ARCHED TOP DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS AND IRON JAIL BARS​

THE SEMINOLE COUNTY JAIL FUNCTIONED AT THE LOCATION UNTIL 1959

THE ORIGINAL PRISON CELL BLOCK DOOR AND PRISONER LEDGER BOOK ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM OF SEMINOLE COUNTY HISTORY

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