Roughly bounded by Colfax City Cemetery, Faircloth & 4th Sts., Colfax, Louisiana. County/parish: Grant.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 18, 2018. NRIS 100002579.
1 contributing building.
The Colfax Jail is a historic jail building located on the corner of Faircloth Street and 4th Street in Colfax, Louisiana near the Colfax City Cemetery.
Built by J.C. Fletcher and Antoine Julian Morat in 1890 and 1894, the structure is a two-story masonry building. It was used as a jail, bull stable, American Legion post, U.S. Army Corp Engineers housing, Tri-State Demonstration Library Headquarters, and local Council on Aging.
The jail building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 2018.
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