Old Linn County Jail

312 Main St., Mound City, Kansas. County/parish: Linn.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 30, 1978. NRIS 78001285.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • City Hall

From Wikipedia:

Old Linn County Jail

The Old Linn County Jail, also known as City Hall, at 312 Main Street in Mound City in Linn County, Kansas was built in 1867–68. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

It is two-story front-gabled building with 21 inches (0.53 m) thick brick walls on a 27 by 34 feet (8.2 m × 10.4 m) plan.

The building began serving as city hall for Mound City in 1903.

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