Old Searcy County Jail

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Old Searcy County Jail
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LocationState Hwy 27 (Center St), Marshall, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°54′43″N92°37′55″W / 35.91194°N 92.63194°W / 35.91194; -92.63194 Coordinates: 35°54′43″N92°37′55″W / 35.91194°N 92.63194°W / 35.91194; -92.63194
Arealess than one acre
Built1902 (1902)
ArchitectHenley, Ben Sr.; Eatherly, Jim
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP reference # 10000290 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 28, 2010

The Old Searcy County Jail is a historic building on Center Street (Arkansas Highway 27), on the south side of the courthouse square in Marshall, Arkansas. It is a two-story stone structure, built out of local sandstone, with a pyramidal roof topped by a cupola. The front facade, three bays wide, has a central bay that projects slightly, rising to a gabled top, with barred windows at each level. The main entrance is recessed in the rightmost bay. The building's interior houses jailer's quarters on the ground floor and cells on the upper level. Built in 1902, it was used as a jail until 1976, and briefly as a museum thereafter. [2]

Arkansas Highway 27 highway in Arkansas

Arkansas Highway 27 is a designation for two north–south state highways in Arkansas. One route begins at US Highway 59 (US 59) and US 71 near Ben Lomond north to Highway 7 in Dardanelle. A second segment begins at Highway 7 in Dover and runs north to Highway 14 at Harriet. An original Arkansas state highway, Highway 27 was created as one continuous route in 1926, but was split around Russellville in 1961.

Marshall, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Marshall is a city in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,355 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Searcy County. Marshall was incorporated in 1884. Prior to the American Civil War, Marshall was known as Burrowsville.

Sandstone A clastic sedimentary rock composed mostly of sand-sized particles

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized mineral particles or rock fragments.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Searcy County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Searcy County, Arkansas.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Old Searcy County Jail" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-08-27.