Old Limestone Jail -- Wilson KS - Retired Prisons on Waymarking.com

The old Tobias water Tower and Limestone Jaul sits on an alley in downtown Wilson KS. It was built in 1907 as a water tower, then in 1956 was repurposed as a jail. It served as the town jail until a new (probably more legal) modern jail was built in Wilson in the 1960s.

For more on this fascinating structure, see here: (visit link)

This old jail is on the National Register of Historic Places as a contrinuting building to Wilson Historic District No. 1: (visit link)

Address: Alley between Ave E and F nr 25th St Wilson, KS Open to the public: Yes Hours: 24/7 Fees?: none Web link: Not listed

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