| City/Town: • White City |
| Location Class: • Jail |
| Built: • 1911 | Abandoned: • N/A |
| Status: • Abandoned |
| Photojournalist: • Jeff Maddox |
In 1907 the first instance of White City’s needs for a jail was published, and again in a 1909 paper. It seemed White City was almost desperate for a lockup to hold those that stepped out of line. By 1911 their prayers had been answered and it was finally time for a jail to be built in White City. Built of cement as a single cell bastile with two barred windows. Some stories depicting the calaboose and its prisoners are included below:
White City Register January 1917 – Marshal Helms had seven men in the calaboose Monday night. Oh no. They hadn’t been behaving unseemingly, they were just poor wayfarers who wanted a place to sleep where the cold wind would not lash them continually. It’s not so easy to be [homeless] in this zero weather.
Gallery Below of White City Jail
https://www.newspapers.com/image/374492693/?terms=white%20city%20bastile&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/374497344/?terms=white%20city%20calaboose&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/374959893/?terms=white%20calaboose&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/375408802/?terms=white%20calaboose&match=1
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