McRae Jail

McRae Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	E. First St., McRae, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°6′48″N91°49′16″W / 35.11333°N 91.82111°W / 35.11333; -91.82111
Area	less than one acre
Built	1934 (1934)
Built by	Works Progress Administration
Architectural style	WPA architecture
MPS	White County MPS
NRHP reference No.	91001344 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 20, 1992

The McRae Jail is a former local jail on East First Street in McRae, Arkansas. It is a small single-story masonry structure, built out of cast concrete. It has a single door with a barred opening, and small openings on the sides, also barred. Built about 1934 with funding from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), it is one of three jails built in White County by the WPA, and is of those three the best preserved. ^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. ^[1]

See also

• Beebe Jail
• Russell Jail
• National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for McRae Jail". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved January 9, 2016.