Juab County Jail ~ Nephi, Utah
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N 39° 42.505 W 111° 50.214
12S E 428259 N 4395730
The Juab County Jail was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1987 (NRIS 87002060).
Waymark Code: WMB5JT
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2011
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A plaque on the building, placed by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, reads:
Juab County Jail
Prisoners from Juab county were first held in the basement of the Social Hall that stood on the corner of Center Street and Second East in Nephi. The next jail was a sturdy frame building built of thick heavy planks painted red located directly south and west of the old courthouse.
This Juab County Jail was built in the Territory of Utah four years before Utah became a state. The contract for construction of this jail was awarded July 13, 1892, to Pauley Jail Building and Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Missouri, for $8,916. This two-story brick building is unique with iron cages and interior ceiling of heavy metal similar to a ship. Occupants through the years have known sorrow, repentance and remorse. Some were filled with bitterness and revenge. Suffice it to say that the old jail served the purpose for which it was constructed and remained in use until 1974.
This Museum and Community Center consists of part of the old Juab County Court House, the Jail and a pioneer implement building known as the Brough Building. Pioneer memorabilia are kept and displayed in this complex
No. 459 - - 1991 - - Juab Company
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A second plaque on the building, placed by the Utah State Historical Society, reads:
Juab County Jail
Built by the Pauley Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis,
Missouri, in 1892, the Juab County Jail played a central role in county law
enforcement activities. Located adjacent to the county courthouse in Nephi, the
building served as a territorial jail until Utah was granted statehood in 1896. It
was the principal jail in the county until March 1974, when the Tri-county
Detention Center was opened in Nephi. The Juab County Jail, with its two-story
height and intact interior, is one of the largest and best-preserved late-nineteenth-
century jails remaining in Utah.
This brick rectangular building with a sandstone foundation and a hip roof
exhibits typical Late Victorian detailing such as the brick segmental arches over
the windows and doors and a band of corbelled brick just below the eaves. The
only significant alteration is the c. 1915 addition of a concrete, basement-level
heating plant and accompanying large brick chimney attached to the north side of
the jail. The top of the chimney has simple geometric designs in cast concrete,
reflecting the Prairie School style of architecture that was popular during the early
twentieth century.
Marker Placed in 2000