The Turton Jail building was newly listed in the National Register of Historic Places - NPS this month (Jan 2024). The two-cell, vault-roofed concrete jail is estimated to have been constructed in 1911 (extrapolating from deed research and town board minutes).

One-room jails throughout the Great Plains were often utilitarian designs, using local and/or affordable construction materials like log, stone, brick, lumber, and/or concrete. The cells themselves could be ordered from manufacturers and made of strap iron assembled by a cold riveting process.

Where is this located?

Where is this located?

According to Google is appears to be about 80 miles North of Mitchell SD.

There's one in the county north of me, Henry. That has been relocated to a county park. It's a log structure. Served as a jail and it predates the War Betwen the States.

Looks cozy.

I don't see a stove pipe coming out of there anywhere.