Prescott City Jail

Prescott City Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Front of the jail
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Location	Alley behind City Hall at 118 W. Elm St., Prescott, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°48′15″N 93°22′56″W / 33.80417°N 93.38222°W / 33.80417; -93.38222Coordinates: 33°48′15″N 93°22′56″W / 33.80417°N 93.38222°W / 33.80417; -93.38222
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912 (1912)
Built by	Southern Structural Steel Co.
Architectural style	Plain Traditional
Part of	Prescott Commercial Historic District (ID08000818)
NRHP reference No.	05001077[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 28, 2005
Designated CP	December 24, 2008

The Prescott City Jail is a historic city jail behind the city hall of Prescott, Arkansas. The modest single-story structure was built for the city in 1912 by the Southern Structural Steel Company. It is built of reinforced concrete, with metal grates covering unglazed window openings, and a doorway that is reinforced with heavy metal shutters. It was built to replace an early jail, from which a suspect involved in the burglary of a prominent citizen's home had escaped, in part due to its poor condition. This building, housing three cells, served the city until the 1960s.^[2]

The jail was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

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  Side of the jail

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  A cell inside the jail

See also[]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada County, Arkansas

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