Mother Jones Prison | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location | 305 Center Street, Pratt, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°12′38.1″N81°23′1.4″W / 38.210583°N 81.383722°W Coordinates: 38°12′38.1″N81°23′1.4″W / 38.210583°N 81.383722°W |
NRHP reference No. | 92001876 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 27, 1992 |
Removed from NRHP | September 22, 1997 |
Mother Jones Prison, also known as Mrs. Carney's Boarding House, was located at Pratt, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was a large two-story structure constructed by the Willis Brothers and used mostly as a boarding house. It was the "prison" in which labor organizer and agitator Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was detained during the 1912–1913 mine wars. [2]
The building was a National Historic Landmark. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. However, it was delisted in 1997 after being demolished in 1996. [3]
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Pratt Historic District is a national historic district located at Pratt, Kanawha County, West Virginia. The district includes 67 contributing buildings and one contributing site. The primarily residential district includes some notable commercial, ecclesiastical, civic, and industrial buildings dated as early as the 1820s. Notable buildings include the Charles Pratt Mining Company office, I.O.O.F. Building, Samuel Hanna House, Jim Shields Corner, James Trimble House, Weaver-Grose House, Burke-Mooney House, Boyer House, The Blue House, Perry-Holt House, Old Town Hall, The Cooperage, and Pratt Cemetery. The delisted Mother Jones Prison was once located in the district.