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Old Tenn. jail to become military museum

A local veterans group will maintain the building

Knoxville News-Sentinel

PIKEVILLE, Tenn. — An old jail in Bledsoe County is being turned into a military museum.

The 160-year-old building with a rock exterior, a front porch and a secondstory cellblock that can be accessed only by an iron staircase outside will also house the county’s Veterans Service Office.

County Mayor Bobby Collier said the building will be used and maintained by local veterans groups.

The county opened a new jail last year.

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