City/Town: • Fairview |
Location Class: • Jail |
Built: • 1917 | Abandoned: • N/A |
Status: • Abandoned |
Photojournalist: • Melissa Dawn Forrester |
In 1917, Fairview had a new city jail. This came as a surprise to some residents being as the town was usually pretty quiet and somber when it came to criminal activity. A single cell cage was built probably by the E.T. Barnum Company in the early 1900s seemed to serve the city up until the 1940s at least. A newspaper article depicts two men jailed in the cell that year.
Gallery Below of Fairview Jail
https://www.newspapers.com/image/149248606/?terms=fairview%20jail&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/273410543/?terms=fairview%20jail&match=1
Fairview Jail
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