A PHOTOGRAMMETRIC STUDY 
OF .. THE EAST ELEVATION 
  
OLD MECOSTA COUNTY JAIL 
BIG RAPIDS BECAME THE COUNTY SEAT IN 1859 
AND INCORPORATED AS A CITY IN i869. 
THIS BUILDING ANTEDATED BY TWO OTHER JAILS, 
SERVED AS THE COUNTY JAIL AND SHERIFF'S 
RESIDENCE FROM i893 UNTIL 1965. THE OLDEST 
PUBLIC STRUCTURE IN THE ORIGINAL PLAT OF THE 
VILLAGE OF BIG RAPIDS, IT FEATURES GABLE AND 
HIP ROOFS AND TURRETS CHARACTISTIC OF QUEEN 
ANNE STYLE ARCHITECTURE, THE ADJACENT GROUNDS 
HAVE BEEN USED FOR A PARK AND FOR CONCERTS 
BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 
OLD MECOSTA COUNTY JAIL IS A 
REGISTERED LOCAL SITE NO. 384 
MICHIGAN HISTORY DIVISION, CEPARTMENT OF STATE 
The Center 
for Mm 
Photogrammetric Training 
AT FERRIS STATE COLLEGE 
Burtch 8 
. 20 FEET 
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(80 47) y 
10 METERS 
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THIS HISTORICAL SURVEY WAS COMPLETED BY 
CLOSE RANGE PHOTOGRAMME TRIC ME THOOS 
DURING APRIL AND MAY 1981. SURVEY DESIGN 
AND STEREOSCOPIC COMPILATION PERFORMED 
BY SURVEYING STUDENTS MR. ARTHUR RANGER 
AND MR. TERRANCE MISH. EQUIPMENT USED WAS 
WILD HEERBRUGG CAMERA P30-203 AND A 
STEREOPLOTTING INSTRUMENT A7-BI6. -