The Cheyenne County Jail, at 85 W. Second St. in

Cheyenne Wells, Colorado Cheyenne Wells is the Statutory Town that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Cheyenne County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 758 at the 2020 United States Census. History The community was named for the ...

, was built in 1894. It was a work of Denver architect

Robert S. Roeschlaub Robert Sawers Roeschlaub (July 6, 1843 – October 25, 1923) was a noted Colorado architect. Biography Roeschlaub was born in Munich, Bavaria, Germany to Michael, private physician to the King of Bavaria, and Margaretta, his Scotland-born ...

with some Romanesque Revival styling. It is now operated as the Cheyenne Wells Old Jail Museum. It was listed on the

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in 1988. and It was operated as a jail from 1894 through sometime after 1937, then eventually was closed. It became a museum in 1962 with the creation of the Eastern Colorado Historical Society, which operated until 1972 then was revived in 1976. It is open during the summer.

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Cheyenne Wells Old Jail Museum
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