| City/Town: • Canadian |
| Location Class: • Jail |
| Built: • 1890s | Abandoned: • Unknown |
| Historic Designation: • National Register of Historic Places (November 6, 1980) |
| Status: • Abandoned |
| Photojournalist: • Cathy Brock |
The Canadian Jail is one of the most interesting calabooses to me personally. With the structure predating statehood this brick two-cell jail was built in the 1890s. The body of this structure is brick and the lintel above the door and the roof are both concrete.
In 1912 a roof replacement was done on the jail and engraved on it was the date November 2, 1912. Remnants of the dividing wall can be seen on both the walls and ceiling. Three small windows close to the ceiling were in each cell as was a small circular airhole.
After its abandonment as a jail it was used by the city for storage, that is until 1972 when the jail and livery stables across the street were used in a frontier town reconstruction for a movie set, pictures below. This setup has since been removed entirely.
Efforts to preserve Canadians’ final standing pioneer buildings was taken to get the jail and livery stables listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Those efforts were successful with both being listed on (November 6, 1980).
Gallery Below of Canadian Jail
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