Fairview City Jail
National Register of Historic Places

Fairview City Jail

Fairview, Multnomah County, Oregon
Listed
May 22, 2016
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
16000290

About this property

The Fairview City Jail is a former jail building located in Handy Park at 120 1st Street in Fairview, Oregon, in the United States. It was built in 1915, next to the old Fairview City Hall at 60 Main Street. It is a simple, rectangular, concrete building, 10 feet by 20 feet, with 8 foot high walls painted grey. It has a low-pitched concrete slab roof with shallow gable ends. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. National Register of Historic Places listings in Multnomah County, Oregon Media related to Fairview City Jail at Wikimedia Commons

Location

120 1st St.
Fairview, Multnomah County, Oregon
45.53931, -122.43340

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Fairview City Jail listed on the National Register?

Fairview City Jail was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 2016.

What type of historic resource is Fairview City Jail?

Fairview City Jail is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Fairview City Jail?

The period of significance for Fairview City Jail is recorded as the civil_war era.

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