Old Logan County Jail, Paris

Name: Old Logan County Jail
Address: Paris, United States

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The Old Logan County Jail is a historic government building at 202 North Vine Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, covered by a hip roof with exposed rafter ends. Its main facade has a single-story porch extending across the front. Windows are set in segmented-arch openings, with strap-metal bars set across them in a crosshatch pattern. There are two entrances, one for the jailer's quarters, and one with bars that provides access to the cell block. Built in 1903, it is one of the state's best-preserved early 20th-century county jails. It is the site of the last legal hanging in Arkansas, which took place when John Arthur Tillman, 23, was hung on July 15, 1914, at 7 am for the murder of Amanda Jane Stephens, 19. ()

Built: 1903 (121 years ago)Coordinates: 35°17'37"N, 93°43'54"W

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Old Logan County Jail – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Paris First, Methodist Episcopal Church, Short Mountain Creek Bridge, Paris Commercial Historic District.

~1340 ftSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Romanesque architecture
Paris First, Paris
7 min walk • The First Christian Church is a historic church at 120 East Walnut Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a T-shaped single-story building, constructed out of stone and concrete between 1930 and 1936 for a congregation of the Disciples of Christ organized about 1890.
~690 ftE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Methodist Episcopal Church, Paris
4 min walk • The First United Methodist Church, originally the Methodist Episcopal Church, South is a historic church building at 205 North Elm Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building with Late Gothic Revival styling, built between 1917 and 1928 for a congregation founded in the early 1870s.
1.4 miNW
Bridge
Short Mountain Creek Bridge, Paris
36 min walk • The Short Mountain Creek Bridge carries Short Mountain Road across Short Mountain Creek, northwest of Paris, Arkansas. It is a single-span Parker pony truss bridge, with a span measuring 92 feet and a total structure length of 93 feet.
~800 ftSE
Interesting neighbourhood, Romanesque architecture
Paris Commercial Historic District, Paris
4 min walk • The Paris Commercial Historic District encompasses much of the commercial heart of downtown Paris, Arkansas. Centered on the courthouse square, where the Logan County Courthouse, Eastern District is located, the district contains a well-preserved collection of mainly commercial architecture from the turn of the 20th century.

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Nearby attractions include Methodist Episcopal Church, Paris (4 min walk), Paris Commercial Historic District, Paris (4 min walk), Paris First, Paris (7 min walk).