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Russell Jail

Russell, White County

Photograph of Russell Jail
Photo: Ldklotz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons License. Source

This tiny one-room jail in Russell is cast concrete with a concrete roof, built around 1935, apparently with WPA help. Its steel door is gone and vines cover it, but it still stands. It is one of three New Deal jails in White County; the others are in Beebe and McRae.

Kind of place
Courthouses, post offices and city halls
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When
About 1935
Where
Russell, White 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.