Old Craighead County Jail
Jonesboro, Craighead County
This yellow brick jail with Art Deco touches was a Public Works Administration project finished in 1939. It was the county jail until 1989 and is now part of the courthouse annex.
- Kind of place
- Courthouses, post offices and city halls
- Built by
- Public Works Administration (PWA)
- When
- About 1939
- Where
- Jonesboro, Craighead County
- Still there?
- Not confirmed lately
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Sources
Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.