Petersburg Jail

	Petersburg Jail
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Main St. and Second St., Petersburg, Nebraska
Coordinates	41°51′15″N 98°04′47″W / 41.854139°N 98.079821°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1902
NRHP reference No.	05000154
Added to NRHP	March 15, 2005

The Petersburg Jail, at Main St. and 2nd St. in Petersburg in Boone County, Nebraska, was built in 1902 and was Petersburg's first freestanding municipal structure.^[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

Description

It is a 24 by 16 feet (7.3 by 4.9 m) brick structure.

History

It originally was a single room, then was split by metal bars in 1926 to separate a jail cell from a marshal's desk space; the bars have since been removed.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Miller, Greg (January 26, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Petersburg Jail". National Park Service. With three photos from 2004.

External links

Media related to Petersburg Jail (Petersburg, Nebraska) at Wikimedia Commons

This article about a property in Nebraska on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[nrhpdoc-1] Miller, Greg (January 26, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Petersburg Jail". National Park Service. With three photos from 2004.

[1]

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types
Lists by state	List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands
Lists by associated state	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau
Other areas	District of Columbia American Legation, Morocco
Related	National Historic Preservation Act Historic Preservation Fund List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places portal Category


Petersburg Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Show map of Nebraska Show map of the United States
Location	Main St. and Second St., Petersburg, Nebraska
Coordinates	41°51′15″N 98°04′47″W / 41.854139°N 98.079821°W / 41.854139; -98.079821
Area	less than one acre
Built	1902
NRHP reference No.	05000154^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 15, 2005