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Sanders County Jail | |
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  Location within Montana  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Madison and Maiden Lane, Thompson Falls, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 47°35′42″N 115°21′0″W / 47.59500°N 115.35000°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1907 |
| Built by | Christian & Gobelet |
| MPS | Thompson Falls MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002774[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 7, 1986 |
The Sanders County Jail is a historic jail built in 1907 in Thompson Falls in Sanders County, Montana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
It was built by contractors Christian & Gobelet for $5,000 and is a two-story brick building on a stone and mortar foundation. It has a shallow hipped roof. It has jail cells installed by the Paully Jail Company of St. Louis.[2]
In 1984 it was the oldest surviving county building, and it was rented out to the Thompson Falls Historical Society.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- 1 2 John Lazuk (December 1, 1984). "Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory: Sanders County Jail / Thompson Falls Historical Society". National Park Service. Retrieved September 1, 2017. With photo from 1985.
