# Perry County Jail

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The **Perry County Jail**, also known as the **Perry County Jail Museum**, is a history museum and historic jail in [Pinckneyville, Illinois](/source/Pinckneyville,_Illinois). Built in 1871, the jail was the second county jail used by [Perry County](/source/Perry_County,_Illinois). The county's first jail was built in 1833-34 and was demolished to make room for the new jail;[2] it was a two-story brick building measuring 14 by 16 feet (4.3 by 4.9 m) on the interior, and it cost $750 to build. The legislature passed two separate [private laws](/source/Private_bill) to enable Perry County to obtain funds for the second jail's construction: one in 1865 to permit a [tax levy](/source/Tax_levy), and the other in 1867 to permit the issuance of [bonds](/source/Bond_(finance)). Although the county quickly solicited architects' plans upon being permitted to issue bonds, four years passed before they announced their choice of the design created by [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati) architect [Samuel Hannaford](/source/Samuel_Hannaford). The contractor was chosen in May, a superintendent named in July, and the building deemed complete in December.[3]

The new brick jail was built by contractor E. Hough of [Indianapolis](/source/Indianapolis) for $14,150. The county sheriff's residence was attached to the jail, an arrangement which allowed the sheriff to oversee the jail at all times.[2] The county used the jail until 1987, when a newer jail was built. The building housed county offices until 1993, when the Perry County Historical Society leased the building for a museum.[4]

The building was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) on August 10, 2000. It is one of two properties in Perry County on the National Register, along with the [Du Quoin State Fairgrounds](/source/Du_Quoin_State_Fairgrounds) in [Du Quoin](/source/Du_Quoin,_Illinois).[1]

## Notes

1. Ibendahl, Jean (March 27, 2000). ["National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Perry County Jail"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140201231856/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/300576.pdf). [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). Archived from [the original](http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/300576.pdf) on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

1. *Combined history of Randolph, Monroe, and Perry counties, Illinois: with illustrations descriptive of their scenery and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers*. [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia): McDonough, 1883, 172.

1. ["History"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170817001856/http://ci.pinckneyville.il.us/history). Pinckneyville, Illinois. Archived from [the original](http://www.ci.pinckneyville.il.us/history) on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

## External links

- [Perry County Jail Museum](http://www.southernillinoismuseums.org/museums/participating-museums/16-perry-county-jail-museum) - Southern Illinois Association of Museums
- [Perry County Jail Museum](https://www.facebook.com/Perry-County-Jail-Museum-144557309072719/?fref=ps_result) - Facebook site

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