This 120-old building received a new roof thanks to Dane G. Hansen and Jewell County Community Development grants. The building served as the Jewell County jail from 1900 to 1978. It is now owned by the Jewell County Historical Society.
The old "Jewell County Jail" in Mankato was used from 1900 to 1978. In 1899, Jewell County commissioners paid a Topeka architect, J. C. Holland, $500 to design the building. The builder for the project was W. C. Berry of Jewell. Berry, with a bid of $6,700, had the low bid on the project according to the July 28, 1899 Jewell County Republican.
Berry paid $1.50 a ton for limestone to be hauled from the quarries south of Randall to the building site. When it arrived, it was dressed on location by James A Ashbaugh. Ashbaugh received $3,462 for his masonry work.
The building has been on the Nation...
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