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Whitley County’s first public building was a log jail built in 1840 on the southeast corner of what is now the courthouse square at a cost of $490. It was burned in 1855 by a prisoner awaiting trial. A second two story jail was built in 1855 at the site of the present City Hall, costing $5,244. The present jail and sheriff’s residence was erected in 1875 and occupied in 1876 at a cost of $34,486, and at that time was considered one of the best jails in Indiana and a credit to Whitley County.
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