Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 74001656 Phone +1 918-207-3640 | Built 1874 (1874) Opened 1874 Added to NRHP 28 June 1974 | |
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Address 124 E Choctaw St, Tahlequah, OK 74464, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–4PMSaturday10AM–4PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday10AM–4PMWednesday10AM–4PMThursday10AM–4PMFriday10AM–4PM Similar Cherokee National Supreme, Cherokee National Capitol, Murrell Home, Cherokee Female Seminary, Sequoyah's Cabin | ||
The Cherokee National Jail or Cherokee National Penitentiary was built in 1874 as part of a governmental complex for the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It served the Cherokee Nation until it was sold to Cherokee County, Oklahoma, which used it as a jail into the 1970s.
The prison, as built in 1874 for $6000, was a two-story building with a basement. The sandstone structure measures 48 feet (15 m) by 35 feet (11 m). The second floor has been removed and replaced with a flat roof. There are two sandstone porches on the main level, front and back, with hipped roofs. The Cherokee National Jail was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 28, 1974. The jail is now a museum, named the Cherokee National Prison Museum.
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