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{{Short description|United States historic place}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Marion County Jail and Jailor's House
| nrhp_type =
| image = Marion County Jail.jpg
| caption =
| location= 210 W. Lafayette St.<br>[[Palmyra, Missouri]]
| coordinates={{coord|39|47|55|N|91|31|28|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Missouri#USA
| built = {{Start date|1858}}
| builder = Asay, A.B.
| architecture = Greek Revival
| added = October 4, 2002
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 02001100<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
'''Marion County Jail and Jailor's House''', also known as the '''Palmyra Jail''' and '''Palmyra Massacre Jail''', is a historic [[jail]] and [[sheriff]]'s residence located at [[Palmyra, Missouri|Palmyra]], [[Marion County, Missouri]].  It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, three-bay, [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]]-style brick [[I-house]] with a broad two-story [[limestone]] ell. It features a full-width, one-story front porch supported by smooth tampering [[Doric order]] columns. The building housed the ten men, accused of being Confederate partisans, who were selected by Union authorities to be executed in reprisal for the disappearance of a local Union supporter. Referred to as the [[Palmyra massacre]], the execution of the accused took place on October 18, 1862.<ref name="DNR">{{cite web| url =http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/02001100.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Marion County Jail and Jailor's House| accessdate = 2017-01-01| author=Carrie Crozier|format = PDF| date=September 2001|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}} (includes 17 photographs from 2001)</ref>{{rp|5, 12}}
It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2002.<ref name="nris"/>
== See also ==
* [[Henry County Courthouse, Jail, and Warden's House]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Missouri]]
==References==
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==External links==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Missouri}}
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Marion County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Government buildings completed in 1858]]
[[Category:Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri]]
[[Category:Greek Revival architecture in Missouri]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Missouri]]
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