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Prescott City Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Front of the jail
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Location	Alley behind City Hall at 118 W. Elm St., Prescott, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°48′15″N 93°22′56″W / 33.80417°N 93.38222°W / 33.80417; -93.38222
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912 (1912)
Built by	Southern Structural Steel Co.
Architectural style	Plain Traditional
Part of	Prescott Commercial Historic District (ID08000818)
NRHP reference No.	05001077
Added to NRHP	September 28, 2005
Designated CP	December 24, 2008

The Prescott City Jail is a historic city jail behind the city hall of Prescott, Arkansas. The modest single-story structure was built for the city in 1912 by the Southern Structural Steel Company. It is built of reinforced concrete, with metal grates covering unglazed window openings, and a doorway that is reinforced with heavy metal shutters. It was built to replace an early jail, from which a suspect involved in the burglary of a prominent citizen's home had escaped, in part due to its poor condition. This building, housing three cells, served the city until the 1960s.

The jail was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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Side of the jail
A cell inside the jail

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"NRHP nomination for Prescott City Jail". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-14.

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