Built to replace the old jail, which was located next door (below), this structure was used at least into the 1990s to temporarily house prisoners and as the sheriff’s’ office.
National Register of Historic Places
New Webster County Jail, 1910, Preston
Since Inmates of Webster,had incarnated at Sumter County Jail,as Preston and Weston were disincorpated in 2009.
I closed the jail in 1991. Tony Kennedy Retired Sheriff of Webster Co.