Perry County Jail

	Perry County Jail
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Front and eastern side
Location	108 W. Jackson St., Pinckneyville, Illinois
Coordinates	38°4′50″N 89°23′0″W / 38.08056°N 89.38333°W
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Samuel Hannaford; E. Haugh
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	00000943
Added to NRHP	August 10, 2000

The Perry County Jail, also known as the Perry County Jail Museum, is a history museum and historic jail in Pinckneyville, Illinois. Built in 1871, the jail was the second county jail used by Perry County. The county's first jail was built in 1833-34 and was demolished to make room for the new jail. The brick jail was built by contractor E. Hough of Indianapolis for $14,150. The county sheriff's residence was attached to the jail, an arrangement which allowed the sheriff to oversee the jail at all times. The county used the jail until 1987, when a newer jail was built. The building housed county offices until 1993, when the Perry County Historical Society leased the building for a museum.^[2]^[3]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 2000. It is one of two properties in Perry County on the National Register, along with the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds in Du Quoin.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Ibendahl, Jean (March 27, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Perry County Jail" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
^ "History". Pinckneyville, Illinois. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

External links

Perry County Jail Museum - Southern Illinois Association of Museums
Perry County Jail Museum - Facebook site

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Ibendahl, Jean (March 27, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Perry County Jail" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

[3] "History". Pinckneyville, Illinois. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

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