The Ringgold County Jail is a historic building located in

Mount Ayr, Iowa Mount Ayr is a city in Ringgold County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,988 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Ringgold County. Mount Ayr is a rural community in southwestern Iowa, 22 miles west of Interstate 35 o ...

, United States. It was the second building that housed the county jail from its completion in 1895 until the present

Ringgold County Courthouse The Ringgold County Courthouse in Mount Ayr, Iowa, United States, was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. The courthouse is the fourth build ...

and jail was built in 1927. The building was sold to the

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who used it for its local post until 1978. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Subsequently, the building has housed commercial establishments. The basic design of the building and the steel cells were provided by the Pauly Jail Building & Mfgr. Co. of St. Louis. The two-story brick building was constructed by James McCombs, a local brickmason. The building's dimensions are roughly . The eastern half of the building was the cell block, and an office, bath and juvenile cells were on the western half. None of the interior jail facilities, or the exterior bars on the windows, exist anymore.

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Government buildings completed in 1895 Buildings and structures in Ringgold County, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Ringgold County, Iowa Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub