Vane St., Delmar, Iowa. County/parish: Clinton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 19, 1981. NRIS 81000231.
1 contributing building.
Delmar Calaboose is a historic one-room jail located in Delmar, Iowa, United States. The word calaboose is a corruption of the Spanish word calabozo, which means dungeon. The building was built for and used as a jail in frontier Iowa. The walls and roof of the one-story structure are composed of limestone and mortar. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338572