Mohave County Jail
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 35° 11.518 W 114° 03.140
11S E 768390 N 3898313
This retired, detached county jail was built in 1910 and has metal floors in the cell areas. The new jail replaced this structure because too many inmates managed to escape from it.
Waymark Code: WMFFFV
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Dáin & Olík
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The historical plaque on this building reads:

This building has been placed on

The National Register of
Historic Places

by the United States Department of the Interior

Mohave County Jail
Built 1910

Noteworthy as one of the first cast-in-place concrete structures in Kingman, the
county jail building was constructed in 1910. Metal floors in the jail cell area are a
unique feature which has caused jailers to call the cells, "natural lie detectots."

The Mohave County Jail is one of the few historic detached county jail buildings
remaining in the State of Arizona.

Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
City of Kingman Historic Preservation Commission
Main Street Kingman and National Park Service (NPS)

Address:
310 N 4th Street
Kingman, Arizona
86401

Open to the public: No

Hours: Not listed

Fees?: Not listed

Web link: Not listed
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