Skullyville County Jail

The Skullyville County Jail, located west of Panama in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

Skullyville County Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Panama, Oklahoma
Coordinates	35°10′25″N 94°43′4″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907
Built by	Fannon, Eliza
NRHP reference No.	80004286[1]
Added to NRHP	November 6, 1980

It is a small building with two-foot-thick sandstone walls, and was built by contractor Elija W. Fannin. Its only ventilation is by its doorway and by a small window, 12 by 6 inches (30 cm × 15 cm) in size, which has two sets of iron bars in it. Its door is a lattice of iron bars, which cost $55.65 from the firm of Sengel and Shulte. The jail has its original dirt floor, but has a newer roof, now covered in corrugated tin. It is significant as the only remaining artifact of the Skullyville County Government in the Choctaw Nation; a courthouse located to the north of the jail was burned in 1949.

It has also been known as Skullyville County Jail, Choctaw Nation.^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Skullyville County Jail, Choctaw Nation". National Park Service. 1980. Retrieved June 23, 2017. With four photos from 1979.