Skullyville County Jail
Skullyville County Jail | |
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| Nearest city | Panama, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°10′25″N 94°43′4″W / 35.17361°N 94.71778°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1907 |
| Built by | Fannon, Eliza |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004286[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 6, 1980 |
The Skullyville County Jail, located west of Panama in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
It is a small building with two-foot-thick sandstone walls, and was built by contractor Elija W. Fannin. Its only ventilation is by its doorway and by a small window, 12 by 6 inches (30 cm × 15 cm) in size, which has two sets of iron bars in it. Its door is a lattice of iron bars, which cost $55.65 from the firm of Sengel and Shulte. The jail has its original dirt floor, but has a newer roof, now covered in corrugated tin. It is significant as the only remaining artifact of the Skullyville County Government in the Choctaw Nation; a courthouse located to the north of the jail was burned in 1949.
It has also been known as Skullyville County Jail, Choctaw Nation.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Skullyville County Jail, Choctaw Nation". National Park Service. 1980. Retrieved June 23, 2017. With four photos from 1979.
