Mother Jones' Prison

305 Center St., Pratt, West Virginia. County/parish: Kanawha.

Removed from the National Register of Historic Places June 24, 2025. NRIS 92001876.

From Wikipedia:

Mother Jones Prison

Mother Jones Prison, also known as Mrs. Carney's Boarding House, was located at Pratt, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was a large two-story structure constructed by the Willis Brothers and used mostly as a boarding house. It was the "prison" in which labor organizer and agitator Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was detained during the 1912–1913 mine wars.

The building was a National Historic Landmark. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. However, it was delisted in 1997 after being demolished in 1996.

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