View source for Adams County Jail (Corning, Iowa)

{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Adams County Jail
| nrhp_type =
| image = Adams County Jail - NRHP 91000119 - Corning - Adams County - Iowa -10-23-2016--5463.jpg
| caption =
| location = 1000 Benton Ave.<br>[[Corning, Iowa]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|59|31|N|94|44|05|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Iowa#USA
| area = less than one acre
| built = 1877
| architect =
| architecture = [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]]
| added = February 28, 1991
| mpsub =
| refnum= 91000119<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
The former '''Adams County Jail''', also known as the '''House of History: Adams County Historical Society''', is located in [[Corning, Iowa]], United States.  The limestone structure was built in 1877, and it mimicked the adjacent frame courthouse (no longer extant).  The two-story rectangular building is a [[Vernacular architecture|Vernacular]] style structure with [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] influence.  It is capped with a [[Hip roof|hipped roof]] and a flat crest.  It served the county for the next 78 years as its jailhouse.<ref name=Jacobsen>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=91000119}}|title=Adams County Jail|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=2016-02-12|author=James E. Jacobsen}} with {{NRHP url|id=91000119|photos=y|title=photo(s)}}</ref> The building also provided residential space on the lower level to the sheriff, or if he had his own house, to the jailer.  The upper floor held the cells.  The most notable event at the jail was the [[lynching]] of local farmer John W. McKenzie in 1887, who had shot his neighbor.<ref name=Jacobsen/>   The building was converted into apartments in 1955, and a museum in 1969.  It listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1991.<ref name=nris/>
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[[file:Adams County Jail - NRHP 91000119 - Corning - Adams County - Iowa -10-23-2016--5467.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Front view of Adams County Jail in Corning, Iowa]]
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[[Category:Government buildings completed in 1877]]
[[Category:Vernacular architecture in Iowa]]
[[Category:Corning, Iowa]]
[[Category:Museums in Adams County, Iowa]]
[[Category:Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Iowa]]
[[Category:History museums in Iowa]]
[[Category:1877 establishments in Iowa]]
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