Property Name:CALABOOSES (EARLY JAILS) IN OKLAHOMA SURVEY
Resource Name:BOSWELL JAIL
Address: VICINITY OF 7TH AND HUNTER STREETS
City: BOSWELL
Vicinity: None
County: Choctaw
Lot: None
Block: None
Plate Name: None
Section: 17
Township: 6S
Range: 14E
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Correctional Facility
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use
Area of Significance 1: Law
Area of Significance 2: Politics/Government
Description of Significance: ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERION A: LAW. ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERION C: TWO-ROOM JAIL
Document Source: FIELD SURVEY 2023; GOOGLE EARTH 2023; 1916 SANBORN MAP; THE PONCA CITY NEWS DEC 16, 1935; THE HUGO DAILY NEWS DEC 21, 1939; THE SOPER DEMOCRAT DEC 19, 1940.
Name Preparer: M. MAYES
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: CALABOOSES (EARLY JAILS) IN OKLAHOMA SURVEY
Date Prepared: 9/2023
Photograph: Yes
Year: 1984 & 2023
Arch build: WPA
Year Built: 1939
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: None
From Where: N/A
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 80
Other Arch Style: Two-Room Jail
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Concrete
Wall material 1: Concrete
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: INAPPLICABLE
Window Material: Inapplicable
Door Type: BAR
Door Material: Metal
External Features: None
Internal Features: None
Des Detail: None
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: TWO-ROOM FORMED CONCRETE JAIL. FLAT CONCRETE ROOF WITH SLIGHT SLOPING PITCH TOWARDS SOUTH ELEVATION. TWO METAL BAR ENTRY DOORS AT NORHT ELEVATION. SQUARE VENTILATION OPENINGS WIHT METAL BARS AT EAST, WEST AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
Comments: 1939 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DETAILS WPA FUNDING USED TO CONSTRUCT THE BOSWELL CITY JAIL.
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: No
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2025-02-10 11:25:48.000
Latitude: 34.02665
Long: -95.86829
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
