- Mother Jones Prison
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Mother Jones' PrisonFormerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: 305 Center St., Pratt, West Virginia Coordinates: 38°12′38.1″N 81°23′1.4″W / 38.210583°N 81.383722°WCoordinates: 38°12′38.1″N 81°23′1.4″W / 38.210583°N 81.383722°W Area: less than one acre Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 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, is a former National Historic Landmark 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 / agitator Mary Harris "Mother Jones" was detained during the 1912-1913 mine wars.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It was delisted in 1997, after demolition in 1996.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Paul D. Marshall and Michael J. Pauley (June 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pratt Historic District". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/kanawha/84003615.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
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