The Boone County Jail is a historic jail building at Central Ave. and Willow St. in

Harrison, Arkansas The city of Harrison is the county seat of Boone County, Arkansas, United States. It is named after Marcus LaRue Harrison, a surveyor who laid out the city along Crooked Creek (Arkansas), Crooked Creek at Stifler Springs. According to 2019 Cen ...

. It is a two-story red brick building, built in 1914. Its design has been attributed to prominent Arkansas

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

Charles L. Thompson. Its hip roof is finished in red tile, as is the roof of the single-story porch sheltering the main entrance. The jail was laid out to house the jailer on the first floor, and the prisoners on the second. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1976 for its architecture.

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Buildings and structures in Harrison, Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1914 Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, Arkansas 1914 establishments in Arkansas {{BooneCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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