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Cherokee National Prison Museum

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Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Cherokee National Prison Museum
Phone:
+1 918-207-3640

Hours:
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday10am - 4pm


The Cherokee National Jail or Cherokee National Penitentiary was built in 1874 as part of a governmental complex for the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It served the Cherokee Nation until it was sold to Cherokee County, Oklahoma, which used it as a jail into the 1970s.The prison, as built in 1874 for $6000, was a two-story building with a basement. The sandstone structure measures 48 feet by 35 feet . The second floor has been removed and replaced with a flat roof. There are two sandstone porches on the main level, front and back, with hipped roofs. The Cherokee National Jail was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 28, 1974. The jail is now a museum, named the Cherokee National Prison Museum.
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