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Old Monroe County Jail, Main & Kendall Streets, Clarendon, Monroe County, AR
Summary
1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place
Significance: The Old Monroe County Jail in Clarendon, Arkansas, is the oldest standing county building in Monroe County. The building was constructed in 1891-1892 by the Pauly Jail Building & Maufacturing Co. of St. Louis, Missouri. Plans and specification were furnished by Mr. M.H. Baldwin. In addition to the primary function as a county jail, it served the counties of Lee, St. Francis, and Woodruff as the central place of executions for the First Judicial Circuit Court.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21
Survey number: HABS AR-35
Building/structure dates: 1891- 1892 Initial Construction
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Pauly Jail Building & Manufacturing Company
Denham, Elam L, faculty sponsor
University of Arkansas, School of Architecture, sponsor
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, sponsor
Haney, David H, delineator
Jensen, John, delineator
Wong, Kui Mew, delineator
Yeoh, Judy S, I, delineator
Location
Clarendon, 34.69094, -91.31386
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
