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.
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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.
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See also
* Linn County Courthouse, also NRHP-listed in Mound City
References
Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
Government buildings completed in 1868
Jails in Kansas
Linn County, Kansas
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