The Old Linn County Jail, also known as City Hall, at 312 Main Street in Mound City in

Linn County, Kansas Linn County (county code LN) is a county located in east-central Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,591. Its county seat is Mound City, and its most populous city is Pl ...

was built in 1867–68. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1978. It is two-story front-gabled building with thick brick walls on a plan. The building began serving as

city hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...

for Mound City in 1903. With .

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Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Government buildings completed in 1868 Jails in Kansas Linn County, Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub

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