Covington Jail

In 1909, the original Covington Jail was destroyed by a fire on Christmas Eve. It was set ablaze by a former prisoner who was locked up the previous night. Covington went without a jail for ten years until a new jail was built. In September of 1919 H.L. Lipsey started constructing a substantial concrete jail that contained two cells on each side and a jailers room in the center. Each cell had a small barred window, a toilet and a cot that hung from the wall. The jailers’ office in the middle contained the wood stove to heat the building. These were modern amenities that were probably added during the fifties to keep the jail within code.