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The Pottawattamie County Jail, also known as 'Squirrel Cage Jail' in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States was built in 1885 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1] The building is one of three extant “squirrel cage jails,” also known as rotary jails. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2023.
County offices were located on the first floor, court functions on the second, and a jail was located in the basement. That structure became unsafe and was replaced by a stone Beaux Arts-style building in 1888. Voters gave their approval of the project on March 10, 1885. The county rented space in the Masonic Temple during construction.
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Pottawattamie County (/ ˌ p ɑː t ə ˈ w ɑː t əm iː /) is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. At the 2020 census, the population was 93,667, [1] making it the tenth-most populous county in Iowa. The county takes its name from the Potawatomi Native American tribe. The county seat is Council Bluffs. [2] [3]
All of them, except for one, were condemned by June 22, 1939. The Pottawattamie County Jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa, remained in use until December 1969. The rotary mechanism was disabled as late as 1960, following an incident where an inmate died of natural causes but the body could not be retrieved for two days due to a malfunction in the ...
As of the 2010 census, the population of Lewis Township was 12,065. The gender makeup of the township was 49% male and 51% female. 28% of the population were under the age of 18; 50% were between the ages of 18 and 64; and 22% were 65 years of age or older.
Center Township is a township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. [1] History. Center Township was organized in 1856. [2] References
Grove Township is a township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. [1] History. Grove Township was established in 1858. [2] References