Carroll County Sheriff's Quarters and Jail

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Carroll County Sheriff's Quarters and Jail
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Location101 W. Washington St.
Carrollton, Missouri
Coordinates 39°21′27″N93°29′48″W / 39.35750°N 93.49667°W / 39.35750; -93.49667 Coordinates: 39°21′27″N93°29′48″W / 39.35750°N 93.49667°W / 39.35750; -93.49667
Arealess than one acre
Built1878 (1878)
Built byAverill, G.P.
ArchitectPauley, P.J., & Bros.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference # 79001355 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 11, 1979

Carroll County Sheriff's Quarters and Jail is a historic combined sheriffs residence and jail located in Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri. It was built in 1878 and consists of the two-story brick residence with an attached jail, constructed in 1958 to replace the original jail, which had collapsed. The residence is a Classical Revival-style brick building topped by a hipped roof. [2] :2

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated. There is an analogous although independently developed office in Iceland that is commonly translated to English as sheriff, and this is discussed below.

Carrollton, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Carrollton is a city in Carroll County, Missouri, United States. Carrollton won the 2005 All-America City Award, given out annually by the National Civic League. The population was 3,784 at the 2010 census. The population is down 338 residents since 2000. Carrollton is the county seat of Carroll County.

Carroll County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the county had a population of 9,295. Its county seat is Carrollton. The county was organized on January 2, 1833 from part of Ray County and named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Noelle Soren (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carroll County Sheriff's Quarters and Jail" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.