Tobias Water Tower/Old Jail, Wilson, Kansas
N 38° 49.571 W 098° 28.447
14S E 545648 N 4297619
This building was originally built as a water tower, was later converted to a jail and is a contributing building to one of the two Historic Districts in Wilson, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WM8Y3F
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2010
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This beautiful round shaped limestone building is 25 feet tall, was built in 1907 as a water tower, and was converted to a jail in the late 1950's, and served as city jail until a new jail/fire station was built in 1963.
The building is listed as a contributing building to the National Historic District named Wilson Downtown Historic District #1 - Main St. (see this website for full list of buildings in the district: (
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