Old St. Helena Parish Jail

The Old St. Helena Parish Jail, adjacent to the courthouse square in Greensburg in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, was built in about 1855 and is one of the oldest structures in the parish.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Old St. Helena Parish Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Show map of Louisiana Show map of the United States
Location	Off LA 10, Greensburg, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°49′44″N 90°40′1″W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1855
NRHP reference No.	80004478[1]
Added to NRHP	October 7, 1980

It is a two-story brick building with remains of cells, including bars in windows. It was deemed significant "as a good example of a mid-nineteenth century jail building". In 1980 it was thought there probably were fewer than five such examples in Louisiana.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Old St. Helena Parish Jail" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1980. Retrieved June 8, 2017. with photo and two maps