Delmar Calaboose

Vane St., Delmar, Iowa. County/parish: Clinton.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 19, 1981. NRIS 81000231.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Delmar Calaboose

Delmar Calaboose is a historic one-room jail located in Delmar, Iowa, United States. The word calaboose is a corruption of the Spanish word calabozo, which means dungeon. The building was built for and used as a jail in frontier Iowa. The walls and roof of the one-story structure are composed of limestone and mortar. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338572

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