Mother Jones Prison
Mother Jones Prison | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Sign at the site of the demolished building in 2021 | |
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| Location | 305 Center Street, Pratt, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°12′38.1″N 81°23′1.4″W / 38.210583°N 81.383722°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001876[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 27, 1992 |
| Removed from NRHP | September 22, 1997 |
Mother Jones Prison, also known as Mrs. Carney's Boarding House, was located at Pratt, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was a large two-story structure constructed by the Willis Brothers and used mostly as a boarding house. It was the "prison" in which labor organizer and agitator Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was detained during the 1912–1913 mine wars.[2]
The building was a National Historic Landmark. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. However, it was delisted in 1997 after being demolished in 1996.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Paul D. Marshall and Michael J. Pauley (June 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pratt Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
- ^ "Withdrawal of Mother Jones Prison: National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)". National Park Service. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
