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Old Sebastian County Jail

Old Sebastian County Jail

One of my all-time favorite locations in the Fort Smith area has to be the old Sebastian County Jail. The Jail operated on the top two floors of the Sebastian County Courthouse, which was constructed...

McRae Jail

McRae Jail

The single-cell concrete McRae jail sits lonely in a field now, inviting anyone to take a look at the interesting building. Displaying paintings on the outside of Tweety Bird and Bugs Bunny the jail...

Russell Jail

Russell Jail

The Russell Jail is a single-cell concrete structure built around 1935. Constructed with the help of the Civil Works Administration funding and was one of only three jails in the county to be...

Beebe Jail

Beebe Jail

The Beebe Jail is a double cell, concrete structure built in 1934 for the City of Beebe. This was not Beebe’s first jail though, a previous jail built had numerous attempts to blow it up using...

Huntington Jail

Huntington Jail

The City of Huntington announced on May 31, 1888, that sealed bids for a calaboose that would be 14×18 feet and a 12-inch partition. Vernacular cut stone was used for the construction and while...

Hartman Jail

Hartman Jail

Not much is known about the Hartman Jail, it is a small, single-cell built of rock. Preserved beautifully, with its history undocumented, it is one of the most perfect examples of why we take the...

Plumerville Jail

Plumerville Jail

This one room jail in Plumerville was built sometime around the early 1900s. This style of concrete “pour-in-place” construction was perfected around the 1910s in the midwest. It displays...

Magazine Jail

Magazine Jail

By 1934, the citizens of Magazine, Arkansas had decided upon the need for a jail structure. Most towns across the midwest had already had these tiny one-cell jails at this point. The jail was made of...

Newton County Jail

Newton County Jail

In 1901 citizens of Newton County donated $1,500 so that a new courthouse and jail could be built in Jasper. Set to be completed no later than June 25, 1902, and was completed made of local stone...

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