Jails & Prisons

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  • Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail

    St. Francois County Jail Museum

    • Locations: Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
    A large, stone, and brick building with a small sign.

    The St. Francois County Jail Museum is located in Historic Downtown Farmington, Missouri, along the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. It was constructed in 1870 and used as a jail until the early 1990's. The building is now used as a history museum and houses artifacts from the Farmington area, as well as interpreting the history of the trail. Find more information on how to plan a visit.

  • Old Guardhouse (1866)

    • Locations: California National Historic Trail, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, Oregon National Historic Trail, Pony Express National Historic Trail
    A stone building with two doors and a lower level.

  • New Guardhouse (1876)

    • Locations: California National Historic Trail, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, Oregon National Historic Trail, Pony Express National Historic Trail
    A wood and lime-grout framed building.
  • Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

    Jail

    • Locations: Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
    Brick 3-story Jail

    The old jail burned in 1864, and work on a new jail at the site of its present location may have begun before the surrender.

  • Fort Smith National Historic Site

    Barracks, Courthouse, Jail

    • Locations: Fort Smith National Historic Site
    Wayside in front of a red brick building with a stone stairs leading to a porch.

    Wayside describing how the building has changed over time.

  • Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

    Carthage Jail

    • Locations: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
    • Offices: National Trails Office - Regions 6, 7, 8
    A two and a half story tall building made out of rough-hewn, brown bricks surrounded by green plants

    Take a guided tour of this restored jail house and explore why it was the site of one of the pivotal events in the history of the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. It was here in June of 1844 that an armed mob stormed the jail and killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith as they awaited trial.

  • Isaac T. Hopper Home, East Village, New York

    Three story red brick building with 3 windows per level in between a church and another building.
  • First State National Historical Park

    Sheriff's House

    • Locations: First State National Historical Park
    A brown two-story building.

    The Sheriff’s House was constructed in 1857 on the site of the circa 1793 jail, which is all that remains of Delaware’s first prison system. The Sheriff’s House is the only NPS-owned facility in New Castle, donated by the State of Delaware in 2013 as part of First State National Monument.

  • Fort Smith National Historic Site

    Women's Jail

    • Locations: Fort Smith National Historic Site
    Historic photo of the guardhouse and main gate with town building in background.

    After the U.S. Army closed Fort Smith in 1871, the federal court converted the guardhouse into a jail for women.

  • Fort Smith National Historic Site

    Fort Smith Guardhouse

    • Locations: Fort Smith National Historic Site
    8 column brick pergola covers part of a cement slab surrounded tall flag pole in the background.

    Location of former guardhouse and federal jail.

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