The Old St. Helena Parish Jail, adjacent to the courthouse square in
Greensburg in
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
St. Helena Parish (french: Paroisse de Sainte-Hélène) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 United States census, the population was 11,203, and 10,920 at the 2020 census. Its seat is Greensburg. The parish was created in 1 ...
, was built in about 1855 and is one of the oldest structures in the parish.
[ 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 1980.[
It is a two-story brick building with remains of cells, including bars in windows. It was deemed significant "as a good example of
a mid-nineteenth century jail building". In 1980 it was thought there probably were fewer than five such examples in Louisiana.][ wit]
photo and two maps
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See also
* Beauregard Parish Jail
Beauregard Parish Jail is a former jailhouse in DeRidder, Louisiana built in 1914 in the Gothic Revival architecture style. It is referred to as the Gothic jail or the Hanging jail. The jail is owned by the Beauregard Parish Police Jury. The Beaur ...
: NRHP-listed in DeRidder, Louisiana
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References
Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Government buildings completed in 1855
National Register of Historic Places in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
1855 establishments in Louisiana
Parish jails in Louisiana
Greensburg, Louisiana
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