The Sanders County Jail is a historic jail built in 1907 in Thompson Falls in

Sanders County, Montana Sanders County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,400. Its county seat is Thompson Falls. The county was founded in 1905. It has an annual county fair with rodeo at Plains. Geography Acc ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1986. It was built by contractors Christian & Gobelet for $5,000 and is a two-story brick building on a stone and mortar foundation. It has a shallow

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. It has jail cells installed by the Paully Jail Company of

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. With . In 1984 it was the oldest surviving county building, and it was rented out to the Thompson Falls Historical Society.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Sanders County, Montana Buildings and structures completed in 1907 1907 establishments in Montana Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Thompson Falls, Montana {{Montana-NRHP-stub