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Old Searcy County Jail

Coordinates: 35°54′43″N 92°37′55″W / 35.91194°N 92.63194°W / 35.91194; -92.63194
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Old Searcy County Jail
Old Searcy County Jail is located in Arkansas
Old Searcy County Jail
Old Searcy County Jail is located in the United States
Old Searcy County Jail
LocationState Hwy 27 (Center St), Marshall, Arkansas
Coordinates35°54′43″N 92°37′55″W / 35.91194°N 92.63194°W / 35.91194; -92.63194
Arealess than one acre
Built1902 (1902)
ArchitectBen Henley Sr., Jim Eatherly
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.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]

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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Old Searcy County Jail". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-08-27.