Preserving and Protecting Logan County History since 1972

The Logan County Museum, located in Paris, Arkansas, is a significant historical structure and the repository of artifacts documenting the county’s heritage. The brick building, constructed in 1903 at a cost of $5,500, was the fourth jail to serve (North) Logan County.

Countless dramas unfolded within the walls of the building, involving the jailkeepers, their families, and those incarcerated there.

In 1971, after 67 years of service, the building was adjudged to be unfit for its original purpose, and its doors were closed.

In the autumn of 1972, Mrs. Joe Harris and the Cultural Arts Committee of the Logan County Extension Homemakers Council requested and obtained approval from the county to convert the jail into the Logan County Museum.

The "Old Jail" was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.