Allen County Jail

204 N. Jefferson St., Iola, Kansas. County/parish: Allen.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 25, 1971. NRIS 71000300.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Allen County Jail

The Old Allen County Jail is a former jail in Iola, Kansas, United States. Built in the late 1860s, it operated as a detention facility for nearly a century before a replacement opened; today, it is the Old Jail Museum, operated by the Allen County Historical Society, and it has been designated a historic site.

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